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Congress accuses Centre of misusing ED, calls National Herald case a desperate distraction
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
|April 23, 2025
Congress national spokesperson Supriya Shrinate on Monday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Union government, accusing it of engineering a political vendetta against the Gandhi family and misusing central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to stifle opposition voices.
Calling the ED a "political recovery agency," Shrinate cited that only 1 per cent of the ED's cases have resulted in conviction, while 98 per cent of politically linked cases are against the BJP's rivals. "This government has weaponised the ED. It has become their Election Department," she said.
This story is from the April 23, 2025 edition of The Statesman Bhubaneswar.
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