Stating that "every government has taken advantage of the CBI," the BJP's ally in Uttar Pradesh Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) Monday questioned the timing of reports that the CBI might quiz Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in connection with an illegal sand mining case.
"It was a two-and-half year old court case. Where was the CBI for the past two-and-half years. When the leaders of SP and BSP came together and talked... the Supreme Court had said the CBI was a caged parrot, now the parrot has been used," SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar told reporters here.
"Not only the BJP, but even the Congress took advantage of the CBI. It was during the UPA era when the Supreme Court had said that the CBI was reduced to a caged parrot by the government," Rajbhar recalled.
In a threat to the BJP government in the state of severing ties, Rajbhar, who is a cabinet minister, said, "The BJP had promised there will be a split in the 27 per cent quota for backward castes (to enhance quota for most backward castes and mahadalits) and that it will be implemented six months before the polls"
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