Make this your homepage
Tripura News
Home > Tripura News
JUMLA over ‘Rafale Deal’ : Congress gheraos CBI office at Agartala, asks, 'Where is Modi's 56 inch Chest now ?' Modi removed CBI Director to save BJP from ‘Rafale Scam’
TIWN Oct 26, 2018
JUMLA over ‘Rafale Deal’ : Congress gheraos CBI office at Agartala, asks, 'Where is Modi's 56 inch Chest now ?' Modi removed CBI Director to save BJP from ‘Rafale Scam’
PHOTO : Congress gheraoed CBI office in Agartala. TIWN Pics Oct 26

AGARTALA, Oct 26 (TIWN): JUMLA Party in a Criminal act finally shunted out CBI Director Alok Verma to save Modi, Ambani from thousands of crores ‘Rafale Scam’. Along with nation-wide protest Congress in Tripura has also hit its CBI office in Agartala demanding step down of Modi Govt due to its illegal removal of CBI Director Alok Verma over Modi’s fear of CBI’s investigation of Rafale deal. Stepping up its attack over the midnight removal of CBI Director Alok Verma, Congress President Rahul Gandhi has led a protest outside agency's headquarters in the Delhi on Friday and in Tripura Congress led by President Birjit Sinha, Gopal Roy hit the Agartala office of CBI. Gopal Roy raised question, where is that 56 inch Modi who has been looting the state since four and half year ? A huge numbers of Congress supporters had participated the protest. Birjit Sinha said, "Today outside CBI offices nationwide, the Congress party in Tripura is protesting the Prime Minister's (Narendra Modi) disgraceful attempt to prevent an investigation into the Rafale scam by removing the CBI Chief".

The Congress leader further sharpened his attack on PM Modi, saying Verma was "removed in panic" because he was going to begin a probe into the controversial Rafale deal that would have been "suicidal" for PM Modi. The BJP has said that the Congress chief was spreading falsehood over the issue. In Tripura the protest was led by Assam Congress leader Bhupen Kumar Borah, Congress president of Tripura Birjit Sinha, Congress leader Gopal Roy.

At the same time the BJP government on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's intervention in the ongoing CBI row and said it will strengthen the investigation process and help the truth to come out "soon and without bias".

"The Supreme Court direction to set a two-week time frame is a positive development and it would further strengthen the fairness criteria of the investigation. Appointment of a retired Supreme Court judge would ensure a fair inquiry," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said here.

His remarks come after the apex court a former judge, A.K. Patnaik, to supervise the inquiry into the allegations against Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Alok Verma while giving two weeks time to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) to complete the probe.

The court also asked the officiating Director M. Nageswara Rao not to take any policy or major decision. 

It directed that all decisions taken by Rao be submitted to the court in a sealed envelope by November 12. The court said it may reverse or retain Rao's decisions.

Jaitley said the objective of the CVC direction, and the government's action on those directions, to remove Verma from the top post of the probe agency was to ensure a fair investigation since he was facing bribery charges.

He said the two additional steps by the apex court -- two-week deadline and Patnaik's appointment to oversee investigation -- would ensure those objectives and would lead to early disposal of the case, which the government sees as a positive development.

Add your Comment
Comments (0)

Special Articles

Sanjay Majumder Sanjay Majumder
Anirban Mitra Anirban Mitra