The Congress on Saturday urged the Election Commission to intervene to ensure a level playing field in Chhattisgarh as the Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it was probing allegations that Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had received money from the promoters of the Mahadev betting app.
Congress leaders K.C. Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, and Abhishek Singhvi said at a press conference that the BJP was misusing the Central agencies during the elections in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. They said such steps revealed that the BJP was staring at a defeat in both States. The leaders also did not rule out the possibility of approaching the Election Commission over the “blatant misuse of the Central agencies” when the Model Code of Conduct is in force.
Mr. Venugopal said the ED and the Income Tax Department were the main weapons of the BJP during elections. “We saw in Karnataka that during the election itself, they searched more than 100 Congress candidates,” he said.
