Centre using probe agencies for vendetta politics: Opposition in joint statement
India Today
Amid Parliament's Monsoon session and Sonia Gandhi's questioning by the ED in the National Herald case, the Opposition released a joint statement that the Centre was hounding its political opponents using central investigating agencies.
In the wake of Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi’s questioning by the Enforcement Directorate in the National Herald case, the Opposition has slammed the Centre saying that it was misusing central agencies to intimidate leaders raising their voices against the government.
The Opposition said that the Modi government had unleashed a relentless campaign of vendetta against its political opponents and critics through the mischievous use of investigative agencies.
“The Modi govt has unleashed a relentless vendetta against political opponents through the misuse of investigative agencies by targeting prominent leaders of various parties We will intensify our fight against the anti-people Modi Sarkar,” the statement read.
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The statement was signed by leaders of various parties such as Sanjay Raut from Shiv Sena, Thol Thirumavalavan from VCK. Leaders from DMK, RJD, CPI, CPI(M), TRS and RSP also signed the statement. Before issuing the statement, floor leaders of all Opposition parties in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha met in the office of Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge in Parliament on Thursday. Parties that attended the meeting included the Congress, DMK, CPM, CPI, IUML, NC, TRS, MDMK, NCP, Shiv Sena and RJD.
Earlier in the day, Congress had also issued a similar statement. Meanwhile, Congress MPs staged a from Parliament and headed to the party headquarters at 24, Akbar Road, ahead of Sonia Gandhi's appearance before ED in the National Herald case.
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