Declaring that the party's list of candidates would be out soon and the poll campaign would kick-start on October 5, MNS chief Raj Thackeray told his supporters on Monday that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was after him and NCP president Sharad Pawar with a motive to scare away prospective donors who could possibly contribute to the parties' election funds.

Speaking at Kalanagar's MIG Club, Raj said when a leader was under ED probe or faces any other charges, the corporates, industrialists and other donars prefer to stay away and do not contribute to the party funds. "These people don't even take your calls and avoid meeting you (for apparent reasons)," he said. All political parties in the country get donations, of which they declare the official ones as per the law. Both Thackeray and Pawar have been named in the ED probe.