PATNA: RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Saturday accused the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of keeping his pregnant daughter-in-law sitting for 15 hours during the agency's raids in connection to the land-for-jobs scam at his son, Tejashwi Yadav’s Delhi residence.
Taking to his official Twitter account to make the allegation, Lalu said, “My ideological fight against Sangh (RSS) and BJP has been in the past and will continue. I have not knuckled down before it and my family and none of my family members will not before your (BJP) politics.”
RJD chief wrote , “I have seen the black phase of the emergency too. I have fought against it. ED under the influence of BJP has kept my daughters, small grandchildren and pregnant daughter-in-law sitting for 15 hours in baseless and vindictive cases. Whether BJP will stoop so low to fight a political battle
against me?,” he asked.
Extending his support to Lalu, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge tweeted, “Modi Ji (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) has kept ED sitting in the residence of Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav for 14 hours. His (Tejashwi) wife and sisters are being tormented. The Modi government did not show humanity
towards Lalu Ji who is old and sick. Now, we are unable to keep our head above
water.”
Congress president said, “Modi government is making a mean attempt to destroy democracy by misusing ED-CBI against the opposition leaders. Where were these central agencies when fugitives had fled from the country with crores of rupees. When the value of the dearest friend (Param Mitra)'s assets touched sky, why probe is not done? People will give a befitting reply to this dictatorship.”