Congress MLAs were being called by Central investigation agencies directly and asked to support the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Maharashtra Legislative Council polls slated for June 20, State Congress president Nana Patole alleged on Saturday.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), meanwhile, said that “the entire State of Maharashtra will witness a miracle” on polling day.
“The BJP-led Central government is abusing the [state] machinery to harass the Opposition across the country. These [Central] agencies are being misused to suppress the voice of the Opposition and intimidate it. Our MLAs are being called directly and asked to favour the BJP,” Mr. Patole claimed, adding that information pertaining to this would be brought to light “at an appropriate time”.
