Corruption Charges Against Opposition Leaders Based On Evidence: BJP

Mumbai: BJP on Tuesday refuted indulging in vendetta politics, saying charges of corruption against Opposition leaders are based on evidence and facts, not rhetoric.

Party spokesperson Sambit Patra spoke about the corruption allegation against Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, the seizure of a “mountain of cash” suspected to belong to Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee and money laundering allegation against AAP’s Satyendar Kumar Jain to hit out at the Opposition over its charge of political vendetta.

All these leaders were arrested by the federal agency Enforcement Directorate.

“Should they be allowed to be free just because they are great statesmen? The allegations against him are based on facts and evidence and not on rhetoric. The opposition should not politicize corruption,” Patra said.

Talking to reporters, he claimed that the BJP-run governments will never go beyond constitutional values ​​and will not interfere in the work of investigative agencies.

“But we have zero tolerance for corruption. Whosoever defrauded people’s money will not be let off,” he said.

Patra said Raut was allegedly involved in a Rs 1,040-crore scam in 2007 related to the redevelopment project of a 47-acre plot where 672 families were living as tenants for decades.

He said the Maharashtra Housing and Development Authority (MHADA) had registered the case in 2018.

Should the ED not take action against him as he is a politician and “deserves to be”, he asked and said opposition parties had also created a ruckus when NCP leader Nawab Malik was arrested in February in a money laundering case. He said that he is in jail as the court has not granted him bail because of the gravity of the charges against him.

The opposition has accused the Modi government of targeting its leaders by “misusing” federal agencies, especially the ED.

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