New Delhi:

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday mentioned “forcing” Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to resign after placing the Enforcement Directorate towards him is “a blow to federalism”.

Soren resigned as chief minister Wednesday night after over seven hours of questioning by the ED on cash laundering fees linked to alleged land fraud. Thereafter, he was arrested by the company.

In a put up in Hindi on X, Congress chief Kharge mentioned, “The one who didn’t go together with (Narendra) Modi ji will go to jail. Placing ED towards Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and forcing him to resign is a blow to federalism.” Intimidating opposition leaders by making the provisions of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) draconian is a part of the BJP’s toolkit, he alleged.

जो मोदी जी के साथ नहीं गया, वो जेल जाएगा।

झारखंड के मुख्यमंत्री, श्री हेमंत सोरेन पर ED लगाकर उनका त्यागपत्र देने को मजबूर करना Federalism की धज्जियाँ उड़ाना है।

PMLA के प्रावधानों को draconian बनाकर विपक्ष के नेताओं को डराना-धमकाना, भाजपा की Device Equipment का हिस्सा है।

षड्यंत्र…

— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) January 31, 2024

The BJP’s work of destabilising opposition party-led governments one after the other as a part of a conspiracy is continuous, the Congress chief additional alleged.

“What went into the BJP’s washer is clear as white, what did not is tainted? If democracy must be saved from dictatorship then the BJP must be defeated. We is not going to be afraid. We’ll proceed to struggle from Parliament to streets,” he additionally mentioned.

ED, CBI, IT आदि अब सरकारी एजेंसियां नहीं रहीं, अब यह भाजपा की ‘विपक्ष मिटाओ सेल’ बन चुकी हैं।

खुद भ्रष्टाचार में डूबी भाजपा सत्ता की सनक में लोकतंत्र को तबाह करने का अभियान चला रही है।

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 31, 2024

Focusing on the federal government over the event, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi mentioned that businesses such because the ED, CBI and the I-T Division “are not authorities businesses, now they’ve turn out to be BJP’s ‘get rid of opposition cell’.”

In a put up in Hindi on X, Gandhi alleged that in its obsession for energy, “the BJP, which is steeped in corruption, is operating a marketing campaign to destroy democracy.”

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