Addressing a protest organized by the Congress in front of the ED office in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur, he accused the BJP of misusing central agencies against opposition parties.
Raipur: Chattisgrah Chief Minister Bhupesh Bagel on Thursday challenged the centre on Thursday, saying if they had courage they should install cameras and live telecast the ED questioning of the Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi in connection to a money laundering case.
Addressing a protest organized by the Congress in front of the ED office in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur, he accused the BJP of misusing central agencies against opposition parties.
The probe agency questioned Mrs. Gandhi in New Delhi for over two hours in a money laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper. She has been asked to appear before the agency again on July 25. The ED action against Mrs. Gandhi invited a strong reaction from the Congress workers who staged street protests across the country during which party leaders also courted arrest.
“They (ED) should install cameras in the room where they were questioning Sonia Gandhi and share its links to all news channels or allow news channels’ cameras inside the room. The country wants to know their questions and replies by Gandhi.” “If the BJP government at the Centre has courage, then let the ED put cameras at the place where Sonia Gandhi is being questioned. Do you have that kind of courage? The country wants to know where scam has taken place (in the National Herald case),” The Chattisgarh CM said in the local language.
The Congress leader further said the Modi government has been harassing a 75-year-old woman (Sonia Gandhi) who is in poor health by letting the ED summon her to its office.
ED officials could have taken a written statement from the Congress president instead of calling her to the office, Mr Bagel added.
Raising a question on why the ED has not taken action against the former CM of the state, Raman Singh,Mr. Bagel said, “Why don’t ED officials take action against Chhattisgarh’s former chief minister Raman Singh who faced allegations of corruption.”
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