Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh alleged Enforcement Directorate of conducting investigation with malice against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan despite being repeatedly reprimanded by the Supreme Court as ED officials raided MLA's house in Okhla in the national capital on Monday morning.
"The whole country is seeing how the agencies are being misused and as the elections come closer, these people will increase this kind of pressure even more," Bhardwaj said. Meanwhile, Union Minister Giriraj Singh has said the AAP is "a party surrounded by criminals".
AAP MLA's cousin Minnatullah Khan said that despite investigation by Anti-Corruption Bureau and Central Bureau of Investigation, nothing has been found yet.
Earlier in April this year, the Rouse Avenue Court granted bail to Amanatullah Khan in connection with the Enforcement Directorate's recent complaint filed against him for alleged non-attendance of the summons in the Delhi Waqf Board money laundering case.
The federal agency conducted these raids on August 30 in Dehradun in Uttarakhand, Saharanpur and Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh, Ludhiana in Punjab, Bongaigaon in Assam, and Delhi, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
Reacting to Rahul Gandhi's ED raid claims, Ramchandra Kadam, Congress MLA and CLP leader of Odisha, said, "Ever since the BJP has come to power, they have been using the central agencies to suppress other leaders. The people of the country are watching and they stand with Rahul Gandhi."
Rahul Gandhi, today claimed that the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) was planning a raid on him following his 'Chakravtyuh' speech in the parliament on July 29.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted raids at 19 locations, including the premises of Himachal Pradesh Congress MLA RS Bali and a close associate of the Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, in a case linked to the generation of fake Ayushman Bharat ID cards and violation
Earlier today, Rahul Gandhi claimed that the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) was planning a raid on him following his 'Chakravtyuh' speech in the parliament on July 29.
The opposition leaders backed Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi's claims of ED raids, alleging that the central government is using the central agencies against opposition leaders and said that the Congress leader is "not afraid" of such threats.
In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi said, "Apparently, 2 in 1 didn't like my Chakravyuh speech. ED 'insiders' tell me a raid is being planned. Waiting with open arms, @dir_ed. Chai and biscuits on me."