8 Opposition Parties Write To PM Narendra Modi On Misuse Of Agencies, Congress Missing

High opposition social gathering leaders have written to PM Narendra Modi alleging misuse of central companies

New Delhi:

Eight opposition events have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging misuse of central investigation companies to go after them, amid the political battle over the arrest of Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) chief Manish Sisodia.

The Congress has stayed away from the letter signed by opposition leaders, together with Chief Ministers Okay Chandrashekar Rao, Mamata Banerjee, Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal.

Others who’ve signed the letter are Nationwide Convention’s Farooq Abdullah, Nationalist Congress Get together chief Sharad Pawar, Sena’s Uddav Thackeray, Samajwadi Get together chief Akhilesh Yadav and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav.

The Gandhis are being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over alleged cash laundering linked to Younger Indian’s takeover of Related Journals Ltd, the corporate which ran the Nationwide Herald newspaper. Each Rahul Gandhi and his mom Sonia Gandhi have been questioned by the ED final 12 months.

“We hope you’ll agree that India continues to be a democratic nation. The blatant misuse of central companies towards the members of the opposition seems to counsel that we have now transitioned from being a democracy to an autocracy,” the letter stated.

“… After an extended witch-hunt, Manish Sisodia was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in reference to alleged irregularity with out a shred of proof towards him,” the opposition leaders stated within the letter to PM Modi.

“Out of the entire variety of key politicians booked, arrested, raided or interrogated by the investigation companies beneath your administration since 2014, the utmost belongs to the opposition. Apparently, investigation companies go gradual on instances towards opposition politicians who be a part of the BJP,” the letter stated.

AAP’s Manish Sisodia faces corruption allegation in framing a brand new liquor coverage for Delhi

The opposition leaders cited the instance of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who was beneath the scanner of the CBI and the ED in 2014 and 2015 over the Saradha chit fund rip-off when he was with the Congress.

“Nonetheless, the case did not progress after he (Mr Sarma) joined the BJP. Equally, former TMC (Trinamool Congress) leaders Suvendu Adhikari and Mukul Roy have been beneath the ED and CBI scanner within the Narada sting operation case, however the instances did not progress after they joined the BJP forward of the meeting election within the state (West Bengal),” the letter alleged.

“Since 2014, there was a marked rise within the variety of raids performed, instances lodged towards and arrest of the opposition leaders. Be it Lalu Prasad Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal), Sanjay Raut (Shiv Sena), Azam Khan (Samajwadi Get together), Nawab Malik, Anil Deshmukh (NCP), Abhishek Banerjee (TMC), central companies have usually sparked suspicion that they have been working as prolonged wings of the ruling dispensation on the centre. In lots of such instances, the timings of the instances lodged or arrests made have coincided with elections making it abundantly clear that they have been politically motivated,” the opposition leaders stated within the letter.

Mr Sisodia was arrested for alleged corruption in framing a liquor coverage for Delhi. The BJP has rubbished the AAP’s political vendetta argument, saying even when he was the Training Minister who might have finished some work for enhancing colleges, he can’t use that as a curtain behind which he may bask in corruption.

“It’s regrettable that even after Sisodia’s arrest, the Delhi authorities just isn’t stopping its soiled politics within the title of schooling and has now stooped as little as to involving harmless faculty youngsters in it,” Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor stated on Friday, referring to an alleged plan to arrange “I Love Manish Sisodia” desks in Delhi authorities colleges to assemble assist for his or her arrested chief, which the AAP has stated is a faux information cooked up by the BJP to tarnish the picture of Delhi’s ruling social gathering.

The central companies have through the years maintained they don’t arrest individuals over false expenses and solely go away them if they aren’t discovered responsible after an intensive investigation, regardless of their political background.