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In 1959, the Congress government in Bengal had first given this general consent to CBI. “We have withdrawn the general consent,” a senior Nabanna official said, refusing to be named.It is still not clear how the withdrawal of the general consent will impact the probes into Saradha, Rose Valley and Narada cases, which had prompted Banerjee to lash out against the BJP-led Centre several times in the past. I am arguing for Bengal in this case, which is sub judice,” senior lawyer and Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee told TOI. An Apex court constitutional bench judgment in this regard was made in February 2010, in a case relating to Bengal. The Bengal government is also arguing the “matter of consent” in a case in the Supreme Court.“If giving consent is the state’s prerogative, withdrawing it, too, should be its prerogative..