Manish Sisodia arrest led to opposition parties writing to prime minister Narendra Modi to flag ‘blatant misuse’ of CBI, ED to target rival leaders of the ruling BJP.
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Monday appealed to prime minister Narendra Modi to ‘take our concerns seriously’ amid criticism of the government over the arrest of Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia on corruption charges. Pawar was one of nine opposition leaders who signed an open letter to Modi Sunday – claiming ‘blatant misuse of central agencies’.
“First signature in that letter is mine… we want PM to take our concerns seriously. For example, in (Delhi chief minister Arvind) Kejriwal government the person who worked well in education sector and was praised by many is being arrested,” said Pawar.
The Congress has stayed away from the letter signed by opposition leaders, including Chief Ministers K Chandrashekar Rao, Mamata Banerjee, Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal. The DMK, Nitish Kumar’s JDU and HD Kumaraswamy’s JDS have also not joined the move.
Others who have signed the letter are National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, Sena’s Uddav Thackeray, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav.
