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Union Minister Arun Jaitley slammed opposition parties who are supporting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s ongoing dharna protest against the Center.
Jaitley in a Facebook post called them as “Kloptocrat’s Club” which “ aspires to capture the reigns of India.”
“Mamata Banerjee's disproportionate over-reaction to the CBI wanting to interrogate the Kolkata Police chief has flagged several issues for a public discourse. The most important being that a Kleptocrat's Club now aspires to capture the reigns of India,” he said.
“If a police officer is required to be interrogated, how does it become a 'super emergency', 'assault on Federalism', or 'destruction of Institutions?" he asked.
BJP leader said it is the strategy of Mamata Banerjee to defocus the opposition leaders who are also aspirants for prime minister’s post by inviting them to join the protest.
“Her speeches attack Prime Minister Modi but her strategy is aimed to defocus some of her other colleagues in the opposition and hogging the centre stage,” he said.
“There are Central agencies and organisations which conduct legitimate investigation in states. Today the CBI is being brutally prevented by physical force and detention of its officer from investigating a crime legally within its jurisdiction, in the state of West Bengal.”
"It is a textbook illustration of a state government assaulting federalism. Can a state government prevent the Income Tax Department from collecting taxes? Can another state government prevent the NIA from proceeding to arrest a terrorist located in the state? Can the Enforcement Directorate be prevented from investigating or arresting a smuggler or money-launderer physically located in a state?" he queried.
Jaitley said that it is the case of the state assaulting federalism.
"The prevention of a central investigating agency discharging a function given to it by the Supreme Court is a direct assault on federalism," he said.
“Can ‘new India’ be ever run by this Kleptocrat's Club?.
“Most of them, or their affiliates are today being investigated, prosecuted and in some cases have also been convicted for crimes of corruption. Her ally from Bihar represents the party of the convicted. The friend from Andhra Pradesh runs a party of contractors, 'thekedaars' and money-launderers.”
He said referring to opposition leaders “Her two friends from Uttar Pradesh represent the scandalous legacy of corruption. Her anarchic brother from the Delhi government is at his wits end because the penny stock companies of his ministerial colleagues have been found out,”
Arun jaitley also hits out at Rahul Gandhi said, “This somersaulter belongs to the first family of the Congress where most members of the family are on bail.”
“It has also been argued that the choice in the next Election will be either Modi Vs. Chaos or Modi Vs. Anarchy.”
“Mamata Banerjee's latest acrobatics are the best evidence of the kind of governance India's opposition can provide,” he said.
The face-off between the Centre and the West Bengal chief minister Mamata banerjee entered its third day on Tuesday
Mamata Banerjee continuing her protest and accusing Modi government of misusing the investigative agencies.
-Sai Kumar
