As the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at offices and premises of NCP leader and former minister Hasan Mushriff Wednesday, the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party said the searches were part of the governmentтАЩs strategy to target the leaders of Opposition parties, especially those who speak against it.
According to sources, the raids on Mushrif are being conducted in connection with the alleged Rs 100 crore scam in the Appasaheb Nalawade sugar factory.
тАЬWe have seen in the country 90-95 per cent of the ED raids are conducted on leaders from Opposition parties. This trend is also there in Maharashtra where Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis himself said that they have an тАШED SarkarтАЩ at the helm. тАШED SarkarтАЩ means тАЬEknath and Devendra Sarkar,тАЭ said NCP MP Supriya Sule.
Sule said though she has not spoken to Hasan Mushrif yet, but he will cooperate with the ED officials. тАЬThe guests are at his homeтАж I am sure he will extend full cooperation to them,тАЭ she said.
Alleging misuse of power, Sule said instead of targeting Opposition leaders, the government should focus its attention on tackling issues like unemployment and inflation. тАЬThe people of the state will benefit and sing the praise of the government,тАЭ she said.
Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut said the raid on Mushriff highlights the way the government is misusing the investigating agencies to target the opposition leaders. тАЬEarlier, Anil Deshmukh, Nawab Malik and myself were targetted by the government. And, now they are conducting raids on the NCP leader. All this reflects the misuse of power and attempts to muzzle the voices of the opposition leaders,тАЭ he said.
