Subjecting former Congress president Rahul Gandhi to extended hours of questioning by the Enforcement Directorate is an intimidatory tactic, D. Raja, general secretary of the Communist Party of India, said on Thursday.
Mr. Raja, condemning the Narendra Modi government for misusing Central agencies, added that the Enforcement Directorate’s investigations should be seen as a message to the rest of the Opposition too. “Mr. Gandhi belongs to the country’s oldest political party and lead Opposition force. By calling him again and again for questioning him and detaining him for extended hours, the government simply is sending out a message to every Opposition party in the country, that if they oppose the government, they too have to brace themselves to face similar measures,” Mr. Raja added.
