As many as 17 Opposition parties, including the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), issued a joint statement on Wednesday to express their “deep apprehensions” about the long-term implications of the Supreme Court order upholding the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) amendments.
In the statement, the parties said the top court’s judgment would strengthen the hands of a government that “indulges in political vendetta” to target its opponents in a “mischievous and malicious manner” and expressed the hope that this “dangerous verdict will be short-lived”.
On July 27, the top court upheld the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) powers relating to arrest, attachment of property, search and seizure under the PMLA.
