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India's opposition leaders have shown solidarity with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal following his arrest by the ED on Thursday..
With this, Kejriwal has joined a list of prominent leaders who have come under the ED scanner since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came into power in 2014..
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), which operates under the Department of Revenue, Government of India, has filed 95% of the cases against the Opposition leaders since 2014, according to a report by The Indian Express. ..
The Indian Express report showed that between 2014 and 2022, out of 121 political leaders who were raided by the ED, 115 were Opposition leaders..
The other senior Opposition politicians facing ED probes include D K Shivakumar from Karnataka; West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees nephew Abhishek Banerjee, former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda; and, the late Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Patel, who was Sonia Gandhis aide...
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