'Tumhare ghar ED na aa jaaye': Meenakshi Lekhi's jab at Opposition in Parliament

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Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Thursday warned the Opposition to maintain silence during a discussion on the Delhi services bill in the Lok Sabha else the "Enforcement Directorate (ED) may arrive at your homes"...

Keep quiet or else the ED may arrive at your home) Lekhi said in response to an Opposition member who interrupted her while she was speaking in the House...

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson Clyde Crasto said Lekhi's "insinuating threat" in the Lok Sabha "proved" the Opposition's allegations that the government was "misusing" central agencies...

"Is it a warning or a threat?" he wrote on his X (formerly Twitter) handle.. Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson Saket Gokhale described Lekhi's ED comments in Parliament as "shocking"..

"Today, shockingly, Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi threatened the Opposition in Parliament and said: 'Keep quiet or ED may arrive at your home'..

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