UPA Govt Misusing Disproportionate Assets Cases against Politicians: BJP

The BJP has accused the government of misusing the CBI in disproportionate assets cases against politicians and said that party MPs will stage a dharna on the issue in Parliament premises tomorrow, said media reports.

At the weekly meeting of BJP Parliamentary Party, senior leader L K Advani praised party MPs for working as an effective opposition and raising controversial issues like IPL, phone tapping and misuse of CBI by the government, reports said.

“We demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the IPL scam and phone tapping issue. There should be a check on misuse of CBI,” Deputy Leader of BJP in Rajya Sabha S S Ahluwalia was quoted as saying quoting Advani, who heads the Parliamentary Party.

He said that BJP parliamentarians would stage a dharna tomorrow at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament in protest against alleged misuse of CBI by the government, said reports.

Earlier, BJP had alleged that government had misused the CBI to speed up or slow down disproportionate assets cases against SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, RJD head Lalu Prasad and BSP supremo Mayawati.

It may be mentioned that the three parties voted with the government in the recent cut motions moved by BJP and Left parties.

(Based on internet reports)