"A well-planned strategy...": Congress's Vaibhav Gehlot on being summoned by ED

Sikar (Rajasthan) [India], October 26 (ANI): Congress leader and son of Rajasthan Chief Minister, Vaibhav Gehlot on Thursday took a dig at the central government ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Pary (BJP) on being summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) case.
Vaibhav Gehlot alleged that the summons was part of a "well-planned strategy" of the BJP.
"It is a well-planned strategy of the BJP. Yesterday, the ED summoned me around 3:30 p.m. and called me at 11:00 a.m. today. I was given less than 24 hours to appear before the probe agency", he said while speaking to reporters at Sikar in Rajasthan.
"The public is seeing how the Congress is being bullied by the government. This is a 12-year-old case. Even 12 years ago, we gave the reply on this. Now, again they have come up with the same case. As the election is around the corner, they are taking such actions", Vaibhav Gehlot alleged.
The ED has summoned Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's son and Congress leader, Vaibhav Gehlot in the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) case.
Meanwhile, the ED also conducted raids on Rajasthan Congress Chief Govind Singh Dotasara and MLA Om Prakash Hudla in connection with the Senior Teacher 2nd Grade Competitive Examination, 2022 Paper Leak case.
The raids were carried out at the official residence of Dotasara at Civil Lines in Rajasthan's Jaipur.
The ED's move has triggered sharp reactions from Congress leaders who have dubbed the agency as an extension of the BJP.
"Gundagardi hai yeh...Without pressure from the top neither ED nor CBI can come" said Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at a news conference in Jaipur.
Rajasthan Congress In-Charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said the raids were being carried out to scare the Congress.
" Today, to suppress the Congress, and to scare our candidates, they have conducted these raids at the president of the RPCC. If he had anything illegal then he has been our president for three years. Raids could have been done a year ago. I challenge the ED that wherever the raid will take place, I guarantee that we will win there" he said.
Earlier in the day, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claiming that as elections are around the corner, ED, CBI, and IT become the real "Panna Pramukh" of the BJP.
Taking to 'X', Kharge wrote, "As elections are around the corner, ED, CBI, IT etc. become the real 'Panna Pramukh' of BJP. Seeing its certain defeat in Rajasthan, the Bharatiya Janata Party made its last move! After Chhattisgarh, ED has also started action against Congress leaders entering the assembly election campaign in Rajasthan".
"The dictatorship of the Modi government is fatal for democracy. We will continue to fight against the misuse of agencies, the public will give a befitting reply to the BJP', he added. (ANI)