CBI, ED two 'horses' of BJP's election chariot: Congress

Congress leader Hilal Naqvi on Wednesday took a hit at the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP over the fresh allegations of corruption against crisishit Aam Aadmi Party AAP by the Directorate of Enforcement and said it was another attempt by the party to influence the ensuing elections reported news agency ANILikening central probe agencies the Directorate of Enforcement and the Central Bureau of Investigation as the two horses of the Bharatiya Janata Partys chunavi rath election chariot the election donations as a shield and the income tax as the chariot the Congress leader said the BJP was trying to fight the elections reported ANISpeaking to ANI Congress leader Hilal Naqvi said It seems very ridiculous when the ED arrests the Chief Ministers of the elected governments just before the elections and imposes unprecedented charges on them It seems that none of them probe agencies notice the way BJP has looted the election fundsWhether it is the Directorate of Enforcement or the Central Bureau of Investigation Both of them are two horses of the Bharatiya Janata Partys chunavi rath election chariot The election donations are the shield used by the BJP and the income tax as the chariot With that the BJP is trying to fight the elections said Naqvi reported ANIIn this regard these corruption allegations by the probe agencies are also an attempt by the BJP to use ED to influence the elections stated the Congress leader reported ANIReacting to the same Samajwadi Party SP spokesperson Fakhrul Hasan Chaand said The Bharatiya Janata Party will put up more allegations around these ensuing elections reported ANIHe further alleged and said The agencies are working at the behest of BJP and the way the agencies are being misused by the BJPs governance is known to everyoneThe way BJP has continuously tried to weaken the democracy and constitution of the country is not hidden from anybody as well said the SP spokesperson reported ANIThe allegations levelled by ED will be brought forward to the law and investigated On this issue the Samajwadi Party SP has to just say that the entire country is watching the misuse of the agencies by the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP he added reported ANIThis comes after the Directorate of Enforcement on Tuesday levelled fresh corruption allegations against Aam Aadmi Party AAP claiming that bribe money from the Delhi Jal Board DJB scam was also channelled into the party as election fundsThe federal probe agency alleged that Jagdish Kumar Arora the former Delhi Jal Board chief engineer had transferred Rs 2 crore of bribe money to his colleagues in the department and AAP as election fundsThe fresh moneylaundering case stems from an FIR lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI which highlighted scheduled offences related to corruption and bribery within the Delhi Jal BoardThe fresh claims by the probe agency came days after it arrested Delhi Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in connection with a money laundering case linked to the nowscrapped Delhi liquor policy caseKejriwal Indias first sitting Chief Minister to be arrested is currently lodged in Asias largest prison Tihar He will remain in judicial custody till April 15With inputs from ANI