The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Ranjit Sinha's affidavit before the apex court has delivered a damning indictment of the unscrupulous ways of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. The "prostituted" report once again establishes that the Congress constantly interferes in the functioning of CBI. Ashwani Kumar may be a minister with a good command of English. But the purported correction of "grammatical mistakes" in the CBI report stretches credulity to the limit. The tampering of the CBI report by the government is tantamount to the acquittal report being written by the accused themselves. Going to any lengths, including meddling in CBI's affairs, to escape the consequences of its corruption, has become the wont and hallmark of the UPA government. The argument that the final draft was not shown to the law minister is specious. There was no need to show it to him after it was altered and amended to suit the government. It is common sense that the draft "approved" by the minister concerned becomes the "final draft for further necessary action". The proven interference by the law minister and mandarins in the Prime Minister's Office and the coal ministry in the administration of justice is too grave an issue to be played as a political football between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress to eventually fix the match at the behest of tycoons of industry and business-cum-beneficiaries of the controversial coal block allocation.
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