Inquiry in the time of elections

On May 5, 2009, when campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections was at its peak, Rahul Gandhi made a stunning admission. Conceding that political parties tended to misuse the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and other investigation agencies, he said, "Every party in power can pressure institutions. Every government tries to push its people into such agencies." He called it "a reality of Indian politics". Coming as it did when the Congress was being criticised for CBI's clean chit to Italian...

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