The Congress on July 11 said the Supreme Court verdict holding that two extensions given to Enforcement Directorate (ED) chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra as “illegal” was a vindication of the party’s stand and a “slap on the government’s face”.
Party general secretary Randeep Surjewala, who had filed one of the petitions in the Supreme Court, said the government must apologise for the “unabashed misuse of the ED Director’s office to fulfil its malicious political objectives.”
“This is a serious and historic indictment of the Modi Government, which was so desperate to have its choice of ED Chief (for reasons apparent to all) that it completely disregarded all norms of justice, equity and fairness to install its ‘yes man’,” Mr. Surjewala tweeted.
