Rajnath Singh: The CBI-TMC clash is a threat to federal political system

New Delhi: The clash between Mamata Banerjee and the central government is worsening by time. Home minister Rajnath Singh told the Lok Sabha on Monday that the incident in Kolkata is a threat to federal political system.

Rajnath Singh said the Kolkata Police-CBI tussle was unfortunate. “The incident in Kolkata is threat to federal political system of country. There may be constitutional breakdown in West Bengal,” he said.

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The scuffle began on Sunday when a CBI team reached Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar’s house to question him over the Saradha scam. In retaliation, Kolkata Police also sent its teams to the CBI offices in the the city and the residence of CBI’s West Bengal unit chief Pankaj Srivastava.

Rajnath, who was addressing the House amid slogans by opposition members, said the Centre has power to maintain normalcy in any part of the country. His reply came after the Trinamool Congress raised the issue in Parliament.

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“The Kolkata police commissioner was not cooperating in the CBI probe into the ponzi scam cases. Several summons were issued to him,” the home minister said.

The CBI moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking directions to Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar to cooperate with the investigation in Saradha chit fund case. The court will hear the matter on Tuesday.

The TMC has waged a war against the BJP government and is ready to face the consequences. Mamata Banerjee said previously that if the central government wants to exert Presidential rule over Bengal, then she is ready for it.

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