CBI's credibility to be put to test in several cases involving ruling BJP allies
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TASK: For Trinath Mishra (left) who took over from D.R. Karthikeyan,
the challenge lies in acting on his own rather than being prodded by the
Government or the courts |
Prime minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee has spent most of his political life campaigning against
corruption - and against the CBI's reputation of being an arm of the Congress
party. Since
April 1987, when the Bofors gun deal issue surfaced, the list of unsolved, politically sensitive cases has been growing, giving enough ammunition to the BJP to attack its opponents.
April 1987, when the Bofors gun deal issue surfaced, the list of unsolved, politically sensitive cases has been growing, giving enough ammunition to the BJP to attack its opponents.
