Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Sanjay Raut.
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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on March 6 compared raids by the Central agencies with those by al-Qaeda and the Taliban who use weapons to attack their opponents.
тАЬThis government is using weapons like the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation to eliminate its opponents, similar to how al-Qaeda and Taliban take up weapons in their hands to eliminate their opponents,тАЭ he said. His statement came a day after leaders of nine political parties, including the Shiv Sena (UBT), AAP, BRS and the NCP, wrote a joint letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging тАШblatant misuseтАЩ of Central probe agencies.
He alleged that the way they [the Central Government] are тАШterrorisingтАЩ its opponents by ED and CBI raids is тАЬmore than fascism and not democraticтАЭ.
That is the reason why nine leaders of main Opposition parties wrote a letter to Prime Minister Modi and put this matter in front of him, he said.
тАЬThe raids are happening on his [Mr. ModiтАЩs] orders, so it is natural that he is already aware, and there was no need for that joint letter,тАЭ he said.
