Opposition parties in West Bengal today hailed Supreme Court's rejection of twin petitions by West Bengal government and Trinamool Congress seeking monitoring of Saradha scam by the apex court, while the state government maintained that they were not rejected fully.
"We are happy that Supreme Court has rejected the twin petitions and this shows that the Trinamool Congress had started a false campaign which was politically motivated," state BJP President Rahul Sinha told PTI.
Trinamool Congress had been alleging so long that BJP was trying to influence the CBI probe into the scam, he said, adding, "The party had been doing this to cover up their misdeeds and only to delay the investigation process which has been rightly rejected by the Supreme Court."
The West Bengal government and the Trinamool Congress had separately filed two petitions seeking monitoring of the Saradha scam probe by the Supreme Court and also allegations of selective leaks to the media by the investigating agency.
The apex court had also rejected the contempt petitions filed against state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and another minister of the cabinet for allegedly preventing CBI from carrying out the probe.
West Bengal Law Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said, "It is not that the petitions have been rejected entirely. The apex court has made some observations which will be known after getting a copy of the order."
State Congress leader Abdul Mannan, who was instrumental in approaching Supreme Court for CBI probe into the Saradha scam, said "The apex court has expressed satisfaction on the progress of the probe by rejecting the petitions."
"The rejection of the petitions would make the people of the state happy," he added.
