“Best Example Of…”: Sharad Pawar On Maharashtra Opposition Leaders’ Arrests

Listing the names of leaders from the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance in Maharashtra, NCP leader and previous union minister Sharad Pawar these days stated the “exceptional example” of the way critical probe corporations inclusive of the Enforcement Directorate can be “misused” is the arrest of NCP’s Anil Deshmukh, Shiv Sena (Uddhav) chief Sanjay Raut and others with them.

“I will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah to save you every person going via a comparable state of affairs withinside the future,” he added.

He become talking an afternoon after the discharge of Anil Deshmukh, a former minister withinside the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress authorities that become ousted in June in a Shiv Sena mutiny sponsored with the aid of using the BJP.

Mr Deshmukh walked out on bail after a 12 months in prison as an accused in a corruption case. Mr Pawar’s daughter and birthday birthday celebration MP Supriya Sule become amongst leaders who followed the 72-12 months-vintage to the Siddhivinayak Temple in an open-pinnacle jeep earlier than he went home.

Earlier this 12 months, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut spent over 3 months in prison in a cash laundering case filed with the aid of using the ED, till he were given bail in November. The courtroom docket had sharply rebuked the ED for arresting him “illegally” with a “pick-and-pick attitude”.

While Mr Deshmukh is accused of extortion, Sanjay Raut is called in an alleged rip-off in a housing scheme. Both have stated it is political vendetta with the aid of using the Centre’s ruling BJP.

“Misuse of critical corporations”, inclusive of the ED and CBI, is a price levelled towards the BJP with the aid of using leaders throughout the Opposition spectrum, from Maharashtra to Jharkhand to Delhi, amongst different states.

Mr Deshmukh were given bail withinside the most important corruption case filed with the aid of using the CBI from the Bombay High Court on December 12, however the order become halted for 10 days because the company sought time to visit the Supreme Court. The courtroom docket, however, will pay attention the CBI enchantment handiest in January, after the iciness vacation.

Earlier, the pinnacle courtroom docket refused to intervene with the bail granted to him with the aid of using the High Court in a cash laundering case filed with the aid of using the ED. The ED had arrested him in November 2021.