congress: Probe companies being ‘misused’ by Modi authorities : Congress on ED questioning of Sonia Gandhi

The Congress on Thursday criticised the Modi-led BJP authorities for “misusing” central companies towards opposition leaders.

The grand previous celebration, which held huge protests towards the Enforcement Directorate‘s questioning of Sonia Gandhi, alleging that the ruling dispensation was treating the opposition as its enemies. Gandhi appeared earlier than the ED right here for questioning within the Nationwide Herald cash laundering case.

Senior Congress leaders courted arrest exterior the celebration headquarters right here to protest the ED motion towards the celebration Supremo.

Condemning the ED motion towards Gandhi, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot stated the probe company ought to first maintain a press convention to spell out below what prices Sonia Gandhi is being probed.

“The ED ought to have gone to her residence to take her responses to their questions,” he stated, including that that is being performed to “harass” the Congress chief.

In the meantime, Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh stated that the Rae Bareli MP was a goal of ‘Vishguru’s’ political vendetta.

“All Congress MPs and CWC members have courted mass arrest exterior our celebration headquarters in a present of collective solidarity with Congress President Sonia Gandhi, a goal of ‘Vishguru’s’ political vendetta. We’re being taken away to a police station in Previous Delhi evidently,” he stated.

Senior Congress chief P Chidambaram stated the ED just isn’t greater than the Supreme Court.

“What’s that the ED needs to ‘examine’ that won’t be examined by the SC,” he requested.

“The ED is overreaching the SC and making an attempt to intimidate the Congress celebration. The Congress celebration is not going to bow right down to the intimidation,” he alleged.

One other chief Pawan Khera additionally stated that the federal government brings in its companies at any time when it feels cornered.

“The conspiracy is to silence us and the purpose is to make the nation opposition-free,” he alleged.

Earlier, Ramesh additionally alleged that media was additionally not allowed to enter the celebration headquarters. “From the early hours of this morning the Delhi Police-obviously taking orders from the Union House Minister-is stopping the media from coming into the Congress celebration headquarters. This high-handedness was solely to be anticipated and displays the mindset of the Modi Sarkar,” he wrote on microblogging website Twitter.

Gehlot additionally alleged that the realm across the Congress headquarters right here has been became a cantonment and nobody is being allowed entry.

“They think about the opposition as their enemies and the goal is to make the nation opposition-free. Earlier their slogan was to make it ‘Congress-mukt’,” he stated.

The Rajasthan CM additionally stated that the federal government was utilizing ED as a “massive weapon to convey down governments of opposition” events.

Not solely within the nationwide capital, Congress additionally held protests throughout the nation.

In the meantime, leaders of varied political events, together with the DMK, CPI-M, CPI, NC, TRS, MDMK, NCP and Shiv Sena, additionally issued a joint assertion to sentence the ED motion towards Gandhi.

“The federal government was unleashing a relentless marketing campaign towards its political opponents by mischievous misuse of probe companies,” they stated in an announcement.