Equating Pakistan’s situation with the Centre, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday mentioned just like the ruling get together in Pakistan is making an attempt to arrest former prime minister Imran Khan, the BJP-led central authorities right here is misusing central companies to place opposition leaders in jail.
Referring to the developments in crisis-hit Pakistan the place the ruling get together is planning to arrest the Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman on corruption expenses, Mehbooba mentioned, “Nothing new is happening in Pakistan… it is happening here (India) as well.”
“The state of affairs just isn’t different in India the place sitting ministers, former ministers are additionally jailed… Manish Sisodia (AAP), (Kalvakuntla) Kavitha (daughter of Telangana CM Ok Chandrashekar Rao), Lalu Prasad (RJD president), Shiv Sena leaders and others have been focused (jailed or summoned),” she mentioned.
Former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao additionally went to jail (in 1996) as per the legislation of the land, nonetheless, the BJP-led central authorities is misusing the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in opposition to the opposition leaders to place them in jails, she mentioned.