NEW DELHI: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday accused the Narendra Modi authorities of constructing “sinister attempts to kill democracy” by misusing probe businesses in opposition to Opposition leaders, as he slammed the Centre over the ED searches on the premises of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s household.
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday performed searches in a number of cities of Bihar and different areas, together with premises of Yadav’s household and different RJD leaders, in reference to a cash laundering investigation into the land for jobs ‘rip-off’ case.
The ED in its raids seized Rs 53 lakh, USD 1,900, about 540 grams of gold and bullion and 1.5 kg of gold jewelry, sources within the company mentioned. One of the areas searched was a home in south Delhi the place Lalu Prasad’s son, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister, Tejashwi Yadav was current, they mentioned.
Reacting to the searches, Kharge in a tweet in Hindi mentioned, “For the last 14 hours, Modi ji has kept ED at the house of Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav.”
“His pregnant wife and sisters are being harassed. Lalu Prasad ji is old, ill, even then the Modi government did not show humanity towards him,” Kharge mentioned. “Now the water has gone over the head.”
“Modi government is making a sinister attempt to kill democracy by misusing ED-CBI against opposition leaders,” he alleged.
Where had been the businesses of the Modi authorities when fugitives ran away from the nation with crores, he requested.
“When the wealth of the ‘best friend’ touches the sky, why is there no investigation?” he mentioned, apparently referring to industrialist Gautam Adani, who’s alleged by Congress to be an in depth pal of Narendra Modi. “The people will give a befitting reply to this dictatorship!”
Searches additionally lined premises linked to Lalu Prasad’s daughters Ragini Yadav, Chanda Yadav, and Hema Yadav, former RJD MLA Syed Abu Dojana, Amit Katyal, Navdeep Sardana and Praveen Jain in locations akin to Patna, Phulwari Sharif, Delhi-NCR, Ranchi, and Mumbai, officers mentioned.
