Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, and CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury were among several Opposition leaders who condemned the raids by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tamil Nadu’s Electricity Minister V. Senthilbalaji. They were united in their view that the action was a blatant misuse of the agency against political opponents by the Central government.
The raids at places linked to Mr. Senthilbalaji and some others by the ED was part of an investigation into allegations of money laundering.
“I strongly condemn ED’s incessant actions against the Ministers of Govts ruled by Opposition Parties. With the raids on Senthil Balaji’s office, ED has now ventured to the southern States with its sinister motive to crush the voice against undemocratic Central Government,” Mr. Pawar said on Twitter.
