CBI, ED, IT probes against opposition politicians â on at election time, off after that
Under Modi govt, there are many instances of these central agencies questioning or raiding opposition leaders when it can have political consequences. Later, probes go cold again.
Ananya Bhardwaj 16 April, 2021 11:07 am IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: On 2 April, just four days before the single-phase Tamil Nadu assembly elections, the Income Tax Department raided DMK chief M.K. Stalinâs daughter Senthamarai’s residence to unearth âcash distributionâ based on âcomplaints and inputsâ.
On 21 February, just over a month before the first of eight phases of polls in West Bengal, the CBI knocked at the door of Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee, party supremo and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjeeâs nephew, to summon his wife and sister-in-law in a year-old case of coal theft.