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State scan: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee beats Centre with CBI

According to the law, the CBI - constituted under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act of 1946 - has jurisdiction over Delhi but requires the consent of other states to enter

CM Mamata Banerjee has been vocal about the stand-off between the RBI and the government as much as she has expressed her angst against the CBI | Photo: Twitter
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CM Mamata Banerjee has been vocal about the stand-off between the RBI and the government as much as she has expressed her angst against the CBI | Photo: Twitter

Ishita Ayan Dutt
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has hardly had a dull moment in the past few years.

It started with Justice R M Lodha denouncing the institution in the Supreme Court as a “caged parrot that speaks in its master's voice” because of clear evidence of interference in the alleged irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks in 2013. 

But the midnight coup at the agency headquarters, the CBI vs CBI case, which is now being played out in the Supreme Court, are certainly the tops. As for Opposition leaders Chandrababu Naidu and Mamata Banerjee, it was an opportunity that slipped in