Government ''Misuses'' Probe Agencies Wherever Polls Are Due: Ashok Gehlot

With Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections approaching, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started conducting raids in the state, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot hit out at the Modi government on Tuesday, alleging that it "misuses" agencies like CBI, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), and the Income Tax Department whenever elections are due in a state or a political crisis is created. With Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections approaching, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started conducting raids in the state, he said. On Monday, the CBI registered a case against 189 people, including 16 government servants, for alleged irregularities in the Rs 1,437-crore Gomti riverfront development project in Uttar Pradesh undertaken during the tenure of the Samajwadi Party (SP) government headed by Akhilesh Yadav, according to officials. After registering the case, the agency sleuths swooped down on 42 locations spread across 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh, Alwar in Rajasthan, and Kolkata in West Bengal, they said.