NEW DELHI: Congress president M Mallikarjun Kharge has defended the Karnataka authorities‘s resolution to withdraw basic consent for the CBI to analyze instances within the state, stating that the transfer was effectively throughout the state’s powers.
Kharge identified that this was not an unprecedented motion, noting that even throughout the tenure of former chief minister Devraj Urs, the overall consent was withdrawn as a consequence of alleged misuse of the CBI.
“This isn’t new. When Devraj Urs was CM, the blanket consent given to CBI was additionally withdrawn when it was being misused. So this can be a frequent apply,” Kharge instructed reporters.
On Thursday, the Karnataka authorities revoked the overall consent, accusing the CBI of being “biased and prejudiced” in its dealing with of varied investigations.
Recalling his tenure as dwelling minister of Karnataka, Kharge talked about a number of high-profile instances such because the infamous sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, stamp paper rip-off mastermind Abdul Karim Telgi, and one other case in Kolar, the place he had referred the investigations to the CBI.
He claimed that regardless of the seriousness of those inter-state instances, the CBI refused to take them up.
“Veerappan was accountable for tons of of killings, and Telgi’s stamp paper rip-off price the federal government crores of rupees. I had referred these instances to the CBI, however they declined to take them up. Now, questions are being raised, but it surely’s fully throughout the state’s rights to withdraw or refer instances,” Kharge asserted.
(With inputs from businesses)
