The Rashtriya Janta Dal on Friday flew off the handle over raids conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on premises owned by family members and close aides of the party’s national president Lalu Prasad.
Leaders of the RJD alleged that the BJP, which rules the Centre and has an axe to grind against the ruling ‘Mahagathbandhan’ in Bihar, was providing agencies like CBI, ED and the Income Tax Department with “scripts” to settle scores with political opponents.
Senior RJD leader and former assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary said, “Only a few days ago did the CBI visit Rabri Devi (Prasad’s wife and ex-CM) here and our national president in Delhi for questioning. I wonder why these central agencies never act against BJP leaders suspected of corruption”.
Rajya Sabha MP and RJD national spokesman Manoj Kumar Jha said the BJP should fight its political opponents politically and “stop this game of raids”.
“The central agencies have become a butt of ridicule,” he said.
The RJD leader claimed that the BJP is “not able to shake off the trauma of having lost power in Bihar” in August last year.
“Some pliable officials in central agencies, who might be wanting some plum post-retirement assignments, seem to have fed the idea into the BJP’s minds that they can destabilise the ‘Mahagathbandhan’,” Jha alleged.
RJD cries foul as ED raids premises of Lalu’s kin and close aides
