ED taking directives from Modi govt: Congress

New Delhi, June 23 The Congress on Thursday took a dig at the Enforcement Directorate, alleging that it was taking ‘enforced directives’ from the Modi government.
The party also demanded to know why it was ‘mum’ on various issues including Madhya Pradesh’s Vyapam scam.
“ED can no longer be called the Enforcement Directorate. It has now reduced to taking ‘enforced directives’ from the Modi government,” Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh said.
The ED questioned former Congress President Rahul Gandhi for over 50 hours in connection with a case linked to the National Herald newspaper.
Vallabh said: “The questioning of Rahul Gandhi over the last few days is a clear case of maligning his reputation and a mere political stunt. All the central agencies have been reduced to pawns in the hands of the government. All these agencies have been queuing up to collect their blindfolds only to make a mockery of
themselves.”
“The PM was allegedly batting for business gains for a private individual in a foreign land. Isn’t this a case of corruption worth investigating? Which bureaucrats or ministers is the ED planning to call for an investigation? Has the ED ever called anyone from the Adani group or is it planning to call to investigate these serious allegations?” he said, citing reports that the Adani group got a project in Sri Lanka due to political pressure.
“Why are ED and other Central agnecise ‘mum’ on other issues ? Did ED question Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai over alleged corruption? Or Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Vyapam case?”
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