The Enforcement Directorate has become a “supporting party of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party”, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar said on March 11. He said that central agencies were not misused during the Congress-led UPA government, unlike the current BJP-led Central government, which is using them to stoke fear among opposition leaders.
Speaking to reporters in Pune, the 83-year-old Pawar alleged that attempts were being made to influence elections with the help of agencies like the ED, He said candidates from the Opposition have reported being threatened to discourage them from contesting.
“Whenever the process of finalising candidates is on, threats are being issued directly or indirectly that they should not contest elections for the opposition. This is worrisome,” Mr. Pawar said.
