‘We don’t direct ED, others': PM Modi dismisses Oppn's ‘misuse of agencies’ charge

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In an interview to Thanthi TV, PM Narendra Modi dismissed the opposition's charge that the agencies were targeting only non-BJP leaders...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that central agencies function independently, and dismissed the opposition's charge against the BJP-led Centre of misusing agencies, who, opposition parties say, take action only against non-BJP leaders.g)..

On the opposition's allegations that agencies were taking action only against people not from the ruling BJP, the PM stated that the Enforcement Directorate's procedure to initiate a case is the same, 'regardless of who was in power..

The saffron party is also accused of getting cases against opposition leaders closed, if they jump ship to the BJP..

Opposition parties, therefore, often taunt the BJP by calling it a washing machine party...

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