The politics surrounding the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on the premises of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew on Wednesday escalated as the Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and the BJP were embroiled in verbal attacks.
Mr. Channi accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of attempting to target him ahead of the Assembly elections and ‘frame’ him by misusing the Central agencies. Relating the ED raids to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent event at Ferozepur that was cancelled, Mr. Channi said “a conspiracy has been hatched to trap me in this case through the Central agencies. They are taking revenge as I stood for the people of Punjab during the Prime Minister’s recent visit. This is sheer vindictiveness.”
