In a major crackdown against gangster syndicate, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) launched searches at over 70 locations across several states on Tuesday.
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.
Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday hit out the BJP government at the Centre over the ongoing raids at the residential and office addresses of various Congress leaders of Chattisgarh, saying it was misusing the central agency against the ruling party in the state.
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.
"His dead body has been sent for postmortem. Efforts are underway to nab the accused. Raids are being conducted. Prima facie appears to be a case of mutual enmity. However, the reason behind the incident is yet to be ascertained. No arrests have been made so far," Assistant Superintendent of