Mumbai: A day after 9 political celebration leaders wrote a joint letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging ‘gross abuse’ of central companies towards the opposition, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut in contrast the raids towards them with investigative our bodies with these of al-Qaeda. and the Taliban “who use weapons to attack their adversaries”.
“The way people like the Taliban and al-Qaeda take up arms in their hands to eliminate their opponents, the same way this government uses weapons like ED-CBI to eliminate their opponents,” Raut instructed reporters right here. .
Raut alleged that the way in which the central authorities “terrorizes” its opponents by utilizing ED-CBI raids towards them is “more than fascism and undemocratic”.
“That’s why yesterday the nine prominent leaders of the main opposition parties wrote a letter to Prime Minister Modi and brought this matter to him,” Raut mentioned.
The chief of the Shiv Sena, nonetheless, mentioned that the letter was not necessary since PM Modi was already aware of all this.
“This [the raids] are occurring on his [PM Modi`s] orders,” Raut alleged.
Earlier on Sunday, 9 leaders from eight political events wrote to Prime Minister Modi over the arrest of former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia within the excise coverage case, and alleged that the “misuse” of central companies means that the nation has “turned from being a democracy to an autocracy”.
The leaders alleged that the delays in submitting complaints or arresting opposition leaders “coincided with the elections”, making it clear that the motion taken was “politically motivated”.
Among the opposition leaders signing the letter have been BRS chief Ok Chandrashekhar Rao, JKNC chief Farooq Abdullah, AITC chief Mamata Banerjee, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, RJD chief. Tejashwi Yadav and Samajwadi celebration chief Akhilesh Yadav.
However, there was no illustration from Congress, JDS, JD(U) and CPI(M) within the letter.