ED, CBI are ‘jawans’ of BJP: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge hits out at PM Modi ahead of Rajasthan polls

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Narendra Modi. While addressing the public in the Jodhpur district of poll-bound Rajasthan on Monday, Kharge said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) "first sends these three agency to campaign, then only the Prime Minister goes on poll campaign and delivers speeches". Kharge even asked, “Why are raids happening at the time of elections...Was your intelligence department sleeping for the past five years?" Kharge's statement came days after searches were conducted by the ED at the premises of Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra in Jaipur and Sikar and Congress candidate from the Mahwa constituency Omprakash Hudla in Dausa.

ALSO READ: Rajasthan Election 2023: Congress releases final list, fields minister Shanti Dhariwal from Kota North Kharge alleged that the agencies were trying to scare Congress leaders and asserted that the party was not going to be afraid. He said the agencies get active ahead of polls and target opposition leaders. "What their intelligence wings were doing for two-three years.

Why is the action taken during elections," he asked. Kharge further alleged that PM Modi is thinking of the poor now only because it is election time. His statement came days after the Prime Minister announced the extension of the free grain distribution scheme for five years.