Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is on Dharna in Kolkata over the alleged misuse of CBI. Now, Home Minister Rajnath Singh called the situation “unfortunate.”
Addressing the Lok Sabha, Rajnath Singh called the detention of CBI officials as “unprecedented. In Lok Sabha, Singh said. “The incident in Kolkata is a threat to the federal political system of the country. There may be a constitutional breakdown in West Bengal… under the Constitution, the central government has been vested with the power to maintain normalcy in any part of the country.”
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Earlier in the day, Home minister also spoke to Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi to take stock of the situation in the state and to be apprised of the facts of the “unfortunate and unprecedented situation of CBI officers being manhandled, detained, intimidated and obstructed.” According to reports of PTI, The Governor told Singh that he had summoned the chief secretary and director general of police (DGP) and asked them to take immediate action to resolve the situation.
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The CBI team which wanted to question the Kolkata Police Commissioner, Rajeev Kumar, in connection with the Sarada chit fund scam were detained last night. Alleging a coup against her government, Mamata Banerjee called the CBI’s attempt to doorstep the police chief a total constitutional breakdown. Accusing Saffron party of political vendetta, Banerjee started a dharna against the stifling of the spirit of Constitution and federalism.