Saradha scam case: West Bengal Congress president criticises Kapil Sibal

KOLKATA: West Bengal Congress today took exception to senior party leader and former Union minister Kapil Sibal representing the state government in the multi-crore Saradha scam case in the Supreme Court.

"Sibal is a known face of the Congress and a former Union minister. He is representing the state government in the Saradha case in the Supreme court. We feel bad," said West Bengal Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

Chowdhury, a former Union minister said, "we can't dictate him, but we can only request him not to do it. He is more professional than politician. As long as I am the state Congress president, I can say that Sibal will not be invited to any programme of the party here."

Asked whether he informed the party high command about this, the WBPCC president said, "It has been communicated to the AICC leadership informally."

West Bengal and its ruling party Trinamool Congress today moved the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored CBI probe into the multi-crore rupees Saradha scam, alleging that the agency was acting as an "instrument" of the Centre and targeting the TMC leaders.

A bench, headed by Justice T S Thakur, said it would hear the separate pleas of the government and the TMC during the week, after senior advocate Kapil Sibal alleged that the CBI was leaking crucial information to others even before they reached the state government.

Some Congress workers demonstrated before the WBPCC office here over Sibal's representing the state in the Saradha case.