The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday said the use of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to raid, intimidate and pressure its leaders in Punjab had exposed the BJP-led Centre’s growing desperation to crush political opponents.
Reacting to the ED action and reports linking his name to the raids, state AAP president and Minister Aman Arora asserted that the BJP’s “politics of goondagardi” would never succeed in Punjab, while declaring that AAP leaders were not afraid of central agencies or threats “orchestrated to arm-twist Opposition voices into submission”.
Stating that the repeated use of agencies like the ED and CBI against opposition leaders had now become a pattern across the country, Arora said the BJP targeted every leader who refuses to bow before it. He said AAP leaders were “soldiers of Arvind Kejriwal” who would continue to fight fearlessly for the people despite political pressure and propaganda. Arora said a few days ago, properties linked to Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Mittal were raided in an attempt to pressure and arm-twist him into joining the BJP.
“Such incidents clearly expose the BJP’s agenda of misusing probe agencies for political gains,” he added.
