BJP spreading fear of ‘puppet agencies’: Priyanka Gandhi

NEW DELHI, FEB 21

(PTI): Slamming the Enforcement Directorate raids on premises linked to its leaders in Chhattisgarh, the Congress said on Tuesday that the country’s voice cannot be suppressed by spreading the fear of “puppet agencies”.

The party, which is in power in Chhattisgarh, said it is ready to fight it out and will fearlessly raise people’s issues.

A large number of Congress leaders and workers held a protest in front of the central agency’s office in Raipur and accused it of taking action at the behest of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The protesters, led by Congress MLA Dhanendra Sahu and former Rajya Sabha member Chhaya Verma, held a sit-in at the ED office building in Pachpedi Naka area. There was a minor scuffle when slogan-shouting Congress members tried to enter the premises but were stopped by security personnel.

and there is an election… we are not scared of anything,” All India Congress Committee general secretary KC Venugopal said. Venugopal was in Raipur to review the final preparation for the party’s 85th plenary session scheduled to be held from February 24 to 26. Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh are due this year-end.

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