Criticising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for what he says poaching Opposition and heavyweight political leaders from regional parties through intimidation, All India Congress Committee president M. Mallikarjun Kharge has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the CBI to target the Opposition.
Now, he has not even spared 91-year-old Janata Dal(S) former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Deve Gowda, Mr. Kharge added.
Addressing a gathering at a programme organised in Bidar on Tuesday to felicitate him on the completion of 50 years of his political journey and also to mark the completion of 10 years of Article 371(J) amendment to the Constitution, Mr. Kharge said that the Modi-led Central government is scaring away Opposition leaders, troubling poor farmers and supporting his industrialist friends.