Shillong, Oct 26: The Opposition Congress staged a protest outside the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office here on Friday against the NDA government for allegedly preventing free and fair investigation into the Rafale “scandal.”

“We condemn the unconstitutional removal of CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma to prevent fair Rafale scandal investigation,” said a placard of the Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) as Congress workers shouted slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the NDA government.

Former chief minister and Leader of Opposition Mukul Sangma alleged that a number of manipulations had taken place by bringing in the so-called blue-eyed boy of the Prime Minister into the CBI in order to prevent spilling of beans.

He said that the NDA government had resorted to such decision (removal of Verma) to hide its “sins”.

“What happens when people tried to hide sin, they commit further sin and this sin of the BJP-led Narendra Modi government by trying to derail the administration of justice is a dangerous trend,” Sangma said while accusing Modi of trying to misuse the premiere investigation agency as his “henceman.”

“This is precisely what has happened which the nation is also seeing. It is time for everyone to come together and join the Congress to give a clarion call to the Modi-led government to stop all these interferences and ensure that laws of the land prevail,” Sangma said.

He also urged the people not to be silent spectators as the nation belongs to “each one of us” and tell the people about this attempt by the NDA government to manipulate all the institutions.

“Destroying institution after institution is a danger for the democracy. When the process of law is derailed by interfering in the process of investigation and charge sheeting, how do you expect justice to prevail? If justice does not prevail, people will not find anymore reason to knock at the door of the judiciary. If it happens, that is when the threat to democracy will come. This is dangerous for democracy which has withstood the test of time,” he said.