New Delhi:
Reacting sharply to reports that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to name late Pramod Mahajan in the spectrum scam, the BJP on Wednesday claimed it the Congress has taken the "misuse" of official agencies to the "lowest ebb for its political vendetta".
BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said the Congress wanted to implicate some NDA leaders in the 2G spectrum scam.
"They were not getting any name from the NDA so they have picked on the name of Pramod Mahajan... One cannot push politics lower than this. This is like pushing political vendetta to the lowest nadir that it can reach," she said.
On Monday, after nearly 19 months of its preliminary enquiry into telecom spectrum allocation during 2001-07, the CBI closed the probe pertaining to the period when Arun Shourie was the Telecom minister. CBI sources said the documents, related to tenure of Mr Shourie and his examination during the probe, have not revealed any irregularity. After registering the preliminary enquiry in January, 2011, the CBI had found alleged irregularities during the tenure of two ministers - late Pramod Mahajan and DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran - in which it had filed FIRs.
The main opposition declared that it will fight this move of the ruling party and its persistent interference in the working of CBI "tooth and nail" both inside and outside Parliament.
"I think by misusing CBI Congress has clearly showed to what depths decency in politics can be brought down," Ms Sitharaman said.
The BJP charged that while the ruling party is unfairly targeting the Opposition, its own cabinet ministers, who are reportedly involved in the spectrum scam, have not even been questioned.
"Very clearly the accused who are in the cabinet even today have not been questioned. In fact there is an attempt at stalling the process," Ms Sitharaman said.
The Opposition has alleged that Home Minister P Chidambaram, who held the Finance portfolio in UPA-I, played a role in the spectrum scam and demanded his resignation.
The party said Arun Shourie, who was the Telecom minister in the NDA government, had been questioned in detail by the CBI while the accused UPA Cabinet ministers have been spared.
BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said the Congress wanted to implicate some NDA leaders in the 2G spectrum scam.
"They were not getting any name from the NDA so they have picked on the name of Pramod Mahajan... One cannot push politics lower than this. This is like pushing political vendetta to the lowest nadir that it can reach," she said.
On Monday, after nearly 19 months of its preliminary enquiry into telecom spectrum allocation during 2001-07, the CBI closed the probe pertaining to the period when Arun Shourie was the Telecom minister. CBI sources said the documents, related to tenure of Mr Shourie and his examination during the probe, have not revealed any irregularity. After registering the preliminary enquiry in January, 2011, the CBI had found alleged irregularities during the tenure of two ministers - late Pramod Mahajan and DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran - in which it had filed FIRs.
The main opposition declared that it will fight this move of the ruling party and its persistent interference in the working of CBI "tooth and nail" both inside and outside Parliament.
"I think by misusing CBI Congress has clearly showed to what depths decency in politics can be brought down," Ms Sitharaman said.
The BJP charged that while the ruling party is unfairly targeting the Opposition, its own cabinet ministers, who are reportedly involved in the spectrum scam, have not even been questioned.
"Very clearly the accused who are in the cabinet even today have not been questioned. In fact there is an attempt at stalling the process," Ms Sitharaman said.
The Opposition has alleged that Home Minister P Chidambaram, who held the Finance portfolio in UPA-I, played a role in the spectrum scam and demanded his resignation.
The party said Arun Shourie, who was the Telecom minister in the NDA government, had been questioned in detail by the CBI while the accused UPA Cabinet ministers have been spared.
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