A JPC on the CBI

BJP demands a JPC probe into 'misuse of CBI by Congress'
June 12, 2010 16:16 IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the misuse of the Central Bureau of Investigation by the Congress led-United Progressive Alliance government.

BJP president Nitin Gadkari in his inaugural address at the party's national executive meeting that began in Patna on Saturday, said that the BJP strongly demand a JPC probe into the misuse of the CBI.

Gadkari charged the Congress for forcing the CBI to work for its political designs.

He described the CBI as the 'Congress Bureau of Intimidation.' "The CBI has simply become a tool of intimidation," Gadkari said.

He said that latest revelation by an officer in the context of the Bhopal gas tragedy has reinforced the fear that the Congress is continuing this strategy to cow down opponents or to let free from law their 'acquaintances' like Bofors scam accused Ottavio Quatrrochhi, and WarrenAnderson, former CEO of United Carbide and wanted in the Bhopal tragedy case.

BJP national spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad at a press meet later said that the CBI was misused in several case including the Gujarat riots of 2002 and fodder scam involving former Union minister Lalu Prasad Yadav

I heartily agree with Gadkari that the CBI is partial but not towards the Congress, they are partial to the party in power at the centre.

A JPC probe is not required.
It is an established fact that the CBI wags its tail at the beckoning of the central government.
Further, the JPC is useless as no government has ever acted on a JPC report. It is just an eye wash to gain brownie points against either the government or the opposition

What is required is that the CBI should truly be made a neutral investigation agency which is impervious to the manipulations of politicians.
Will the opposition agree to this?
If they do, then India will be on its way to a corruption free government.