New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh CM Mayawati today placed documents before the Supreme Court to counter allegations of CBI that there was ample evidence to prosecute her in a case of alleged disproportionate assets.
Though the documents were submitted in a sealed cover
before a bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, the
advocates, appearing for the Chief Minister, later said those
documents would "vindicate" her allegation that CBI has been
dragging the case for "political vendetta".
"We have placed documents which pertains to CBI probe
into the case, clean chit given to her by the Income Tax
Tribunal, records from Parliament and statements made by rival
politicians against her," Additional Advocate General of Uttar
Pradesh Shail Kumar Dwivedi said after the court proceedings.
During the brief hearing, Attorney General G E Vahanvati
said he would file objections to the delayed rejoinder
affidavit filed on behalf of Mayawati.
The BSP supremo, in her affidavit, has alleged CBI was
adopting different yeardsticks against opposition politicians
and cited the instance of RJD chief Lalu Prasad against whom
it had not preferred an appeal against his acquittal in a
disproportionate asset case when he was in the previous
government.
"You cannot have different yardsticks for differrent
politicians, particularly those in opposition," she said in
the affidavit.
-PTI
First Published: Friday, January 29, 2010, 22:36