Congress disapproves Sibal representing Mamata Government in court


Posted on 22nd Jan 2015 05:29 pm by mohit kumar

Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) The Congress central leadership has disapproved senior party leader Kapil Sibal representing the West Bengal government in a petition in the Supreme Court concerning the CBI probe into the Saradha scam, a party leader said Wednesday.

Expressing its anguish, the party's West Bengal unit led by its former president Pradip Bhattacharya met the central leadership, including C.P. Joshi, the party general secretary and in-charge of the state.

"Central leaders, including Joshi, have asserted that the sentiments of Bengal unit should be honoured and they have disapproved Sibal's action," said Bhattacharya.

"We are happy that our sentiments have been considered by the central leadership and now the misunderstanding that was creeping in will be removed," he said.

The Congress' state unit has been demanding Sibal's removal from the party and Monday taken out a protest march. It also wrote to party president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi with its grievances.

Congress West Bengal unit president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said Sibal's decision was sending a wrong message to the people.

"Because of this, a wrong message is being conveyed that the Congress was cozying up to the Trinamool Congress. We had drawn the attention of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi and if the central leadership can deter him from reprinting the Banerjee government it will be good for us," said Chowdhury.

Famed painter Samir Aich, who contested the Lok Sabha polls on a Congress ticket, quit the party over the issue.

Filed by the Banerjee government and the Trinamool, the petitions seek the intervention of the apex court alleging that the CBI was acting as an "instrument" of the central government and targeting Trinamool leaders.

Probing the multi-crore rupee scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested several Trinamool leaders, including Transport Minister Madan Mitra, and has summoned party general secretary and former railways minister Mukul Roy for questioning.

Did you know?Explore Trending and Topic pages for more stories like this.
0 Like 0 Dislike
Previous news Next news
Other news

Coronavirus Updates: Less than one thousand cases of corona in India after five days, 861 new cases in 24 hours

There has been a decline in Coronavirus Updates in India again. Five days later, less than one th

School Holiday Tamil Nadu: Schools are closed in Tamil Nadu's Puducherry, Karaikal today, heavy rain continues

School Holiday Tamil Nadu: Heavy rain continues in Tamil Nadu. The state government has decided t

ISRO suffers its second consecutive failure; the failure of Mission 'Anvesha' puts the future of 16 satellites at risk.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today launched the highly confidential hyperspectra

These 5G smartphones will soon be launched in India in 2021, know the features and price

Tech companies are now focusing on 5G smartphones according to the changing market. By the year 2

Heavy stone pelting between people and farmers who came to evacuate Sindhu border, SHO injured by sword, 5 police injured

During the peasant movement, there was a ruckus on the Singhu border on Friday. Around 1 in the a

Sidhu Moosewala's parents left the country: left for England from Chandigarh, gave an ultimatum to the government a few days ago

Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala's mother Charan Kaur and father Balkaur Singh left for the UK on F

Hashim Amla is a rock: de Villiers

Canberra, March 3 (IANS) South Africa skipper AB de Villiers has praised Hashim Amla for his kn

Growing strategic ties see record number of Indians visiting Saudi Arabia

Bengaluru, Feb 21 (IANS) A record 1.2 million Indians wer

Shiva Statue: World's tallest Shiva statue inaugurated tomorrow, this is the specialty of the new Shivlok

The world's tallest Shiva statue has been completed. Its launch ceremony is going to start on Sat

Nitish Kumar: 4 PhDs, 3 engineers, 7 12th pass; find out who is the most educated in Nitish Kumar's new government?

A new government has been formed in Bihar. Nitish Kumar and his cabinet colleagues took the oath

Sign up to write
Sign up now if you have flare of writing..
Login   |   Register
Follow Us
Indyaspeak @ Facebook Indyaspeak @ Twitter Indyaspeak @ Pinterest RSS



Play Free Quiz and Win Cash