Gehlot behind CBI charge-sheet against Kataria: BJP

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Press Trust of India Jaipur
Last Updated : May 16 2013 | 8:10 PM IST
Two days after its leader Gulab Chand Kataria was charge-sheeted by CBI, a furious BJP today launched a scathing attack on Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, accusing him of hatching a conspiracy against its leader out of political vendetta.
State party chief Vasundhara Raje questioned the timing of CBI action and alleged that Kataria was falsely implicated in the case as the ruling Congress is "panicked" after seeing the response BJP's 'Suraj Sankalp Yatra' is getting.
"CBI works under government pressure. It has become a tool for Congress for doing revengeful acts against its political rivals," Raje alleged.
Kataria, who is also the Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly, has been booked for murder charges in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case.
"Kataria is clean but he is being falsely implicated and the conspiracy was hatched at the behest of chief minister for political reasons," Raje said here.
Raje said the CBI "failed" to complete probe in the matter in the stipulated time-frame as fixed by the Supreme Court, and has now filed a "false" charge-sheet.
"What is the reason behind the delay?" she questioned.
The former chief minister said the move against Kataria was only to divert people's attention from issues related to development and other matters, which are being successfully raised in party's campaigning.
Raje said the CBI was also "misused" against Congress MLAs Mahipal Singh and Malkhan Singh as they were "rivals" of the chief minister.
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First Published: May 16 2013 | 8:10 PM IST

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