"97 pc of ED cases are against opposition leaders": Priyanka Chaturvedi slams govt over ED raids

New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Member of Parliament Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday slammed the ruling BJP government for using ED against the Opposition leaders and said that 97 per cent of ED cases are against Opposition leaders and the conviction rate is less than 2 per cent.
"If cash is found at someone's house, it is wrong to assume that it is unaccounted money. This is not even according to the law. A few days ago we saw how there was so much hue and cry over Dheeraj Sahu, but what happened to that case?" Priyanka Chaturvedi told ANI.
"97 per cent of ED cases are against opposition leaders and the conviction rate is less than 2 per cent," she added.
Hemant Soren was arrested by the ED after several summonses in the alleged land scam case and several hours of questioning on Wednesday night. The probe pertains to huge amounts of proceeds of crime generated by forging official records by showing 'fake sellers' and purchasers in the guise of forged or bogus documents to acquire huge parcels of land having value in crore.
Meanwhile, JMM MLA and a loyalist of Hemant Soren, Champai Soren, was sworn in as the CM of Jharkhand.
After the swearing-in of new CM Champai Soren, several legislators left for Hyderabad ahead of the floor test in the assembly. This is an effort by the alliance to protect its flock.
In the 81-member Jharkhand assembly, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has 29; its ally, the Congress, has 17 seats, while the RJD and the CPI (ML) have 1 seat each. With the support of 43 MLAs, the INDIA bloc has the numbers to sail through a floor test.
On the opposition bench, the Bharatiya Janata Party has 26 seats, AJSU has 3, while Independents and others have 3 MLAs. One seat in the assembly is vacant.
A day after Soren's arrest, he released a video message in which he claimed that he was not linked to the money laundering case in which he was arrested.
"Most probably ED will arrest me today, but I am not worried as I am Shibu Soren's son...After a full day of questioning, they decided to arrest me in a planned manner on matters that were not related to me," Soren said in a video message recorded just before his arrest. (ANI)