Prime Minister Narendra Modi lambasted the Opposition over their rhetoric of the BJP engaging in ‘match-fixing’ and that the party cannot win elections without the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
In an exclusive interview with Network18’s Group Editor-in-Chief Rahul Joshi, PM Modi said, “If elections could have been won by ED-CBI, then ED-CBI’s work has been done by the Congress for years, then they would have won.”
Also reacting to the Opposition’s allegation of the saffron party misusing the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), PM Modi said that the Supreme Court, in its recent judgment, has already cleared Congress’ doubts.
“In 2014, they had ED and CBI, then why did they lose? They even put my Home Minister in jail, then why did they lose?” the prime minister asked, adding that elections in such a large country like India cannot be fixed.
When asked about his comments on “the Opposition, the Congress says the government is misusing the ED, CBI and intelligence agencies. You have said that the ED is independent. A newspaper did an analysis that when 25 opposition leaders joined the BJP, cases against 23 of them were either shelved or dropped,” PM Modi said, “First, not one case has been dropped. Whatever the courts decide will happen. They are independent.”
“Second, how many such cases pertain to the political leadership? Only 3%. Even big bureaucrats are in jail. After all, why were these agencies formed? If these agencies were formed with a purpose, won’t they fulfil that? Our courts are supreme anyway,” he added.
The Opposition, including Congress, has intensified its accusation of the saffron party using central agencies at its disposal to win the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
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