Government weaponised PMLA: Congress
2 years, 5 months ago

Government weaponised PMLA: Congress

The Hindu  

The Narendra Modi government wants an “Opposition-mukt Bharat”, the Congress alleged on July 27 as party chief Sonia Gandhi was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate for the third day in an alleged money laundering case linked to National Herald newspaper. Sit on protest Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Rajya Sabha Chief Whip Jairam Ramesh, his Lok Sabha counterpart K. Suresh and a host of MPs sat on an impromptu protest and raised slogans against the “misuse” of agencies such as the ED and the suspension of Opposition MPs from both Houses of Parliament. And in a rare show of unity, the party fielded prominent G-23 leaders, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma, who have been calling for internal reforms, along with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to address a press conference in which they claimed that “the law to prevent money laundering has been weaponised by the Modi government to humiliate people”. Mr. Chowdhury said, “The manner in which investigative agencies are being used, it seems that the government wants an “Opposition-mukt Bharat” and the suspension of MPs in both the House is an Amrit Kaal gift”.

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