Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national vice-president Dilip Ghosh alleged that the Trinamool Congress has “setting” with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which is why the ruling party in Bengal objected to the probe by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Said Ghosh at a public event on Sunday: “Some men (CBI officers) were purchased, there was a setting. An investigation has been started. Following which, some officers have also been replaced. The central agency has been conducting probes for the last couple of months in Bengal. But there was no significant effect, neither any documents came out. I believe some officers were sold in lakhs, some in crores”.

He further claimed that the Central government has understood the trick owing to which the finance ministry sent the ED to probe the scams in the state.

“Some leaders who were involved in setting are raising questions about the ED investigation now. They said, why is the ED probing the cases and not CBI ? They even moved to court”, he added.

Reacting to this, “The ED and CBI are neutral agencies. They are probing in their own way, we do respect them. We are happy with the investigation of the ED and CBI. The BJP has no relation with the central agencies”.