Govt shields 'suit-boot wallas', calls probe against them 'investigative adventurism': Cong

The Congress on Monday accused the BJP of stalling probe against corporate bigwigs, saying that when opposition leaders are "persecuted" by probe agencies, it is termed as investigative integrity, but when "suit-boot wallas" are arraigned, it becomes "investigative adventurism".

The attack by the opposition party came following Union Minister Arun Jaitley's advice to the CBI last week to avoid "adventurism" and concentrate only on the bull's eye, after the probe agency named banking doyen K V Kamath and virtual who's who of the sector for questioning in the alleged fraud case against former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar.

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari also questioned the alleged withdrawal of an SIT probe by the Uttar Pradesh government against businessman Arvind Goel and demanded an answer from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and "interim" Finance Minister Piyush Goyal.

Refering to Jaitley's remarks, Tewari said: "It is not often that a very senior member of the government writes a blog virtually lambasting the investigative apparatus of indulging in investigative adventurism."