New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Chief, Mamata Banerjee wrote an open letter directed to Opposition leaders & chief ministers expressing her "deep concerns over BJP's direct attacks on democracy" calling for a meeting to deliberate on the way forward.
In her letter, she said that the ruling BJP is using Central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate, Central Bureau of Investigation, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and the Income Tax Department to "target, harass and corner political opponents across the country for vendetta."
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Talking about the recently concluded Winter Session she said that in the midst of the Opposition walkout, the ruling party "bulldozed through the Delhi Special Police (Amendment) Bill 2021 as well as the CVC (Amendment) Bill 2021".
"These laws enable the Centre to extend the tenure of the directors of ED and CBI up to 5 years in blatant violation of a previous Supreme Court judgment", the letter by the CM read.
The TMC chief called on the Opposition leaders to resist the BJP's misuse of the central agencies which she writes has to suppress the opposition as these agencies are jolted only when the elections are close which allows BJP to "paint a rosy picture of their hollow governance"
"I have the highest regards for the judiciary But at present due to certain biased political interferences, people are not getting justice which is a dangerous trend in our democracy in our democratic system, judiciary, media and public are important pillars if any part is disrupted the system collapses," the letter read.
She called for a meeting at a place convenient to all party leaders.
"As the opposition parties are our constitutional responsibility to hold this government accountable for their actions, to resist the stifling of voices of dissent," read the letter by CM Mamata.