ED raids were being conducted in Jharkhand, Bihar, Delhi and Haryana. The central agency raided to premises of Virendra Ram, Chief Engineer in the Rural Development Ministry, Jharkhand government in Ranchi.
Terming the raids conducted by Enforcement Directorate (ED) as politically motivated, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that BJP is scared of Congress and misusing central agencies to suppress their voice.
Following the raids conducted by the Enforcement Directorate in Chhattisgarh, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia on Monday said Congress leaders were standing by the corrupt and the strings of corruption are connected with the Congress headquarters.
According to the sources, Among the places searched on Monday were residential and office addresses of Congress leaders Ram Gopal Agarwal, Girish Devangan, RP Singh, Vinod Tiwari and Sunny Agrawal.
Addressing the media persons in the state capital Raipur on Monday, Sao said, "CM Baghel himself is the reason for the ED raid. The raid is being conducted on the basis of evidence found in the previous ED raid."
On another query over the Directorate of Enforcement's ongoing raids on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh, Nirmala Sitharaman said no action is executed with a sense of revenge.
Reacting to the raids by the Enforcement Directorate against Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh, senior party leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday said that these raids worked as a booster dose for Congress, prompting them to be more aggressive against the Prime Minister's "vendetta politics".
On a query over the Directorate of Enforcement's ongoing raids on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said no action is executed with a sense of revenge.
As the Enforcement Directorate raided the office and residential premises of Chhattisgarh Congress leaders in a coal levy scam case, state Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday alleged that the crackdown is in connection with a forthcoming party convention in state's capital.
In his letter, Umar Ansari alleged that his brother's life is in danger from Dhruv Singh alias Kuntu Singh, who is also lodged in Kasganj jail. He alleged that a conspiracy is being hatched to get Abbas Ansari killed with the help of Kuntu Singh inside the Kasganj Jail.