‘BJP made ED as its Election Department’
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 22: Senior AICC leader and National spokesperson, Akhilesh Pratap Singh has said that the National Herald case is a BJP invention for digression and distortion; diversion of public attention from crucial issues facing the nation; diversion from its failures and distortion of the freedom struggle and disparaging its heritage.
Stung by the Congress Party’s historic Gujarat Session, held recently, wherein Rahul Gandhi aggressively exposed the BJP, the Modi-Shah duo has again unleashed the ED – their favourite criminalized extortion machine on the congress party – said AICC spokesperson Akhilesh Pratap Singh.
Addressing a crowded press conference at PCC office here today Akhilesh Pratap said that the so-called charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate against Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi is nothing but pure political witch-hunt. Every member of the Gandhi family – whether in politics or not is being targeted by the BJP.
He was flanked by JKPCC working president Raman Bhalla, chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma, spokespersons Namrata Sharma, Kapil Singh, Rajiv Saraf, chief media coordinator Neeraj Gupta and Chairman PCC Social Media Jatin Raina.
He said that ironically for the first time, charges of money laundering are being made in a case where not a single penny or asset has been transferred! Debt is converted into equity to make the balance sheet debt free. It is common practice and perfectly legal in nature. Where is the laundering when there is no money?
Modi Govt has made the ED its Election Department and is shamelessly and repeatedly misusing it for vendetta. The conviction rate of ED cases is just 1%. Moreover, 98% of the political cases the ED has registered are against political rivals of the ruling party.
The witchhunt against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and the family of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the fabricated cases is nothing short of a grotesque abuse of state machinery. By targeting the leadership and their families through fabricated and false cases, the BJP Govt is desperately trying to muzzle the Congress party- the only force that has consistently stood with the people and for the soul of this nation.
This is a direct and dangerous assault on the very idea of democratic opposition. It is a crude attempt at political intimidation, orchestrated by a Prime Minister and Home Minister. This is vendetta politics at its worst.
No matter how much they try to silence us, we won’t be silenced. Those who try to scare others are scared themselves. This is a political witchhunt, and the Congress Party will face it head-on, he added.
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