Opposition Leader Letter On ED-CBI Misuse: BJP on Thursday (March 9) questioned the Prime Minister over the alleged misuse of investigative agencies CBI and ED Narendra Modi. BJP said they are involved in corruption and making false allegations against these agencies to save themselves.
Recently West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal, President of Bharat Rashtra Samithi and Telangana Chief Minister K.K. Nine opposition leaders, including Chandrasekhar Rao, on Sunday (March 5) wrote a joint letter to Prime Minister Modi alleging ‘gross misuse’ of central agencies against members of the opposition.
Signatures of these leaders
Chief Minister of Punjab among those who signed the letter Bhagwant Mann, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Sharad Pawar, Jammu Kashmir National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah, Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray and Samajwadi Party’s Akhilesh Yadav.
Not good for democracy
Opposition party wrote in this letter, "The blatant misuse of central agencies against members of the opposition shows that we have moved from a democracy to an autocracy… The misuse of central agencies and constitutional posts like governorships to settle scores outside the electoral arena is condemnable, as it Not good for our democracy."
BJP’s army to counter
BJP’s national media in-charge Anil Baluni told that to counter the allegations of opposition leaders, BJP on Thursday sent its local leaders to Telangana, West Deployed in Bengal, Delhi, Punjab, Bihar, Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.
These leaders are themselves involved in corruption
Baluni said that these leaders who wrote letters to the Prime Minister have themselves been involved in corruption. The investigating agencies are following the legal action. Baluni said, to save themselves, they are making false allegations against the investigating agencies. Union Minister G Kishan Reddy and BJP MP Manoj Tiwari held a press conference in Delhi surrounded by opposition leaders.
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