The flurry of action, including weekend raids, in an old mining case and suggestions that the CBI might question the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister triggered unusual reactions. First, Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party publicly and formally rose to the defence of Akhilesh. The BJP government (in Uttar Pradesh) arrested the secretary and didn’t even question the minister. They are trying to do so in Uttar Pradesh and other states as well. On Monday, both in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, Samajwadi members protested against the alleged misuse of the CBI.

Source: The Telegraph January 07, 2019 22:30 UTC