BJP accuses Cong of 'misuing' constitutional authorities

BJP today charged Congress with "misusing" constitutional authorities for its own political gains and said those who did not toe its line were termed as ones working for the opposition. Claiming that the UPA government of standing on "crutches", BJP also said there could be early polls as this government could "fall" anytime soon. "Congress party has been a history-sheeter of misusing constitutional authorities for their own political benefits and using them as a shield to hide their own misdeeds. Congress party has been targeting constitutional authorities and forcing them to work according to its own needs. "Since the current CAG did not yield to this government's blackmailing, hence he was charged as one working at the behest of BJP," party vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters here. He said the Congress-led UPA government was on crutches and could fall anytime soon which would pave the way for early elections. "This is a lame government. This government is on crutches, which are also giving way now. This government also knows that it can sink anytime. There could be early elections. Whenever polls are held, our party is ready for them," Naqvi said. The BJP leader accused the ruling dispensation of misusing the constitutional authorities, be it CVC, CBI or CAG, saying the governors' office was the first such authority to come under attack when UPA came to power at the Centre in 2004. CAG Vinod Rai had yesterday rebutted criticism that the official auditor was exceeding its mandate, saying it was treading a "new path in the belief that the final stakeholder is the public at large". He was delivering a lecture at the Harvard Kennedy School in Massachusetts.