SC order, evidence of connivance between UF govt and Congress: BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party says the Supreme Court's rejection of the Central Bureau of Investigation's special leave petition is a direct evidence of the connivance between the United Front government and the Congress party.

Reacting to the Supreme Court's rejection of the CBI's SLP, Jaswant Singh, deputy leader of the BJP in Parliament, said his party has every reason to believe that the law ministry was not inclined to permit such a petition being moved.

For the CBI which had done so despite reservations it was clearly and only because the United Front is under political obligation to the Congress, Singh alleged.

"Their protestations of fighting corruption have thus been rejected in a court in the very first attempt. Notwithstanding the denial by the prime minister, we would still caution this government that this is a extremely, slippery slope," the former finance minister added.

"Even now we caution, warn and we demand that the CBI now no longer acts selectively and that as directed by the high court, all needful is done with utmost sense of urgency," he emphasised.

UNI