New Delhi: Opposition parties on Sunday attacked the government over CBI's decision to likely give a clear chit to Samajwadi Party supreme Mulayam Singh Yadav in a disproportionate asset case, alleging the agency was being used as a tool to further political interests.
"We are not surprised that Mulayam Singh Yadav is getting a free clean chit form the CBI and he in turn has started singing a different song as far as the policies of the UPA II government are concerned," BJP leader Balibir Punj said.
The parties, including BJP, CPI, charged the Congress-led UPA government was behind the agency's reported decision to file the closure report in the DA case against Mulayam.
"All parties that come to power have used the CBI for selfish reasons. Mulayam Singh himself has said in the past that the CBI is being used against him. Initially he was opposed to the food ordinance, but now he is saying that he will support it," CPI leader Atul Anjan said.
CNN-IBN had reported on Saturday that a deal between Mulayam and the Congress is imminent over the Food Bill as well as other crucial legislations in Parliament.
This is not the first time that the Congress has reached out to Mulayam by going soft on him. After the Left withdrew from the government over the Indo-US nuclear deal in 2008, the Congress was desperate for a bailout and it looked towards Mulayam who helped the UPA win the trust vote by a close margin of 275 to 256 votes.
The CBI then withdrew its earlier application from the Supreme Court where it had claimed sufficient proof against Mulayam in the disproportionate assets case. The CBI argued it had made accounting mistakes. The case, however, is still pending with the Supreme Court.
Apart from the disproportionate assets case, Mulayam's party the Samajwadi Party is facing criticism for its performance in Uttar Pradesh.
With Additional Inputs From PTI
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