“On getting out of bed today, I was astonished to read that the BJP has attacked the prime minister and the Congress party for what the party calls the ‘fast-tracked’ appointment of Mr. Ranjit Sinha as the Director of the CBI,” Jethmalani said in a letter to Gadkari.
“I regret that this criticism is the result of complete ignorance of relevant facts and possibly has been instigated by a most undesirable rival who had to withdraw his petition before the C.A.T. yesterday as a result of this appointment,” Jethmalani said.
Jethmalani in his letter said Sinha’s apponitment has averted a “national calamity”.
“The rival has powerful friends everywhere who do not know what a disaster it would have been if he could manage to become director of CBI in place of Mr. Sinha,” he said.
“I will arrange to have delivered to you a huge bunch of documents showing how the government’s action, for a change, has averted a national calamity,” he said.
BJP top leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj Friday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, asking him not to appoint a new CBI chief unless the Lokpal Bill is passed.
The Lopkal Bill, amended by a select committee of the Rajya Sabha, has provisions for the revamp the of CBI.
Jethmalani, meanwhile, added: “I have to request you to ensure that these critics from our party refrain from further comments till they know all the facts. I claim to know the facts from my own knowledge.”
Source: IANS
