new Delhi: The Congress party on Saturday urged Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and his fellow judges to do their duty under the Constitution to prevent the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax Department from acting as “political puppets” of Indian. urged to follow. Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said, “When the Constitution and the rule of law are being trampled upon by those sitting in the bastions of power, it is not enough to sit in court and speak bitter language alone.”
The Congress leader alleged “complete and complete subordination” of the CBI, the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department, PTI reported.
“The truth, CJI should understand and it should be seen by every citizen that CBI, ED and Income Tax are puppets of BJP and Modi government to be fielded against poll opponents,” Surjewala told reporters here.
Hence, the new name of CBI is ‘Captive Bureau of Investigation’, which stands for Political Settlement Cases of BJP, he said.
The Congress leader alleged that “the ED has become the ‘election department’ of the BJP and the IT has become a flexible toy in the hands of the government against its opponents.”
Surjewala continued his displeasure alleging that when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP go to contest elections in any state, the CBI, ED and Income Tax are the first to reach there.
“The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and his fellow judges will have to act further, perform their duty under Article 136 of the Constitution and, if necessary, curb and punish the CBI, ED and Income Tax,” he said.
The Congress chief spokesperson was reacting to Chief Justice of India Ramana’s remarks made earlier on Friday that police officers often complain of harassment following regime change.
“Often police officers approach us that they are being harassed after the regime is changed and have to face the consequences when the regime is changed. The first is to achieve social legitimacy and that is to break the political executive nexus,” the Bar and the Bench quoted Chief Justice of India Ramana as saying, delivering the 19th DP Kohli Memorial Lecture of the CBI on “Democracy: Role and Responsibilities of Investigating Agencies”. Happened.
The Chief Justice of India said that police reforms have been on the agenda of the government for more than 50 years and nothing has happened so far.
“Dramatic changes have taken place in the society since the post-independence era. The police system needs to be reformed to suit the present scenario.”
Chief Justice of India Raman said that democratic policing requires political will.
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Chief Justice of India Raman said, “While government reports have acknowledged that the police now needs to improve with respect to infrastructure, our investigative agencies are still not guided by a common law.”
“As institutions we still have to gain social legitimacy. Police should work in crime prevention and see that law and order is maintained,” he said.
The Chief Justice of India further said that due to impartiality, the judiciary used to be flooded with requests to transfer the investigation to the CBI.
“But with the passage of time, CBI, like other institutions, has come under intense scrutiny,” he said.