Congress mocks ‘scared’ BJP over CBI’s Ishrat probe

NEW DELHI: Hitting out at BJP for making allegations that the CBI was being misused to frame Narendra Modi in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, Congress on Saturday asked that if the opposition party was "clean", why was it afraid of the probe. "People, who are not guilty ... should not be worried ... If they (BJP) are clean, why are they afraid of probe? Why do they expect that law should not take its course?" Congress spokesperson Bhakta Charan Das said. "Unless and until the highest court convicts a person, you cannot say that the person is guilty," Das added. He was responding to questions on the BJP's charge that the Congress was trying to frame Modi. "Congress has a pathological hatred against Narendra Modi even though people adore him for impeccable integrity and outstanding record of governance. In spite of repeated defeats in elections, the CBI is being abused as an instrument to frame him on questionable, collusive and spurious testimony," BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad had said on Friday. Unimpressed by the Union Cabinet's decision to set up a collegium for choosing the CBI Director, the BJP had also alleged that the government was not serious about granting autonomy to the probe agency and continues to misuse it for political gains. Countering the allegations, Das said that at a time the government was talking of giving autonomy to the probe agency, it was relevant to "raise fingers on the CBI". He also hit out at the BJP over the continuance of Gujarat water resources minister Babubhai Bokhariya.

Source - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Congress-mocks-scared-BJP-over-CBIs-Ishrat-probe/articleshow/20838964.cms

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