BJP In "Habit Of Using Investigative Agencies" To Target Politicians: NCP

The Nationalist Congress Party's comments come after the Enforcement Directorate carried out searches at former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh's premises in Nagpur and Mumbai as part of a money-laundering probe against him.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today slammed the BJP, saying that it has the "habit" of using the investigative agencies and "targeting" the political rivals. The leaders of the NCP, which shares power with the Shiv Sena and the Congress in Maharashtra, made the remarks a day after the state unit of the BJP passed a resolution demanding a CBI inquiry against state Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Transport Minister Anil Parab in connection with the cases related to senior IPS officer Param Bir Singh and former policeman Sachin Waze. Their statements come on the day the Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out searches at former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh's premises in Nagpur and Mumbai as part of a money-laundering probe against him. NCP's Maharashtra unit chief Jayant Patil said: "The BJP has the habit of using the investigative agencies and its leaders are now passing resolutions in their state body meetings regarding inquiries. They have no work left now."