Mumbai, July 27 2010: BJP chief Nitin Gadkari, accusing Congress of using the Sohrabuddin encounter case to promote its vote bank politics ahead of Bihar assembly polls, yesterday said his party was ready to legally and politically fight the case filed against former Gujarat minister Amit Shah.

Addressing the media at the state BJP office in Mumbai, Gadkari said, "BJP will face the legal challenge presented by the fabricated prosecution in court of law. I declare that the BJP also accepts the political challenge thrown by the Congress and will take the issue to the people of India."

"We are sure that the Congress game will fail and its nefarious designs will be exposed," Gadkari said.

Termed the CBI as 'Congress Bureau of Investigation', the BJP supremo alleged it is discriminated against Gujarat government. "The Sohrabuddin encounter probe by CBI was to target BJP and to keep Congress out," he stated.