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New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday accused the BJP-led government of misusing probe agencies, saying that the Enforcement Directorate sees the Indian map in a different way, targeting only Opposition-ruled states.
The former Union minister and eminent lawyer, while addressing a gathering at Jantar Mantar to lay down the agenda and a new vision for the country with his newly-launched platform βInsaafβ, referred to the raids on properties related to former Bihar chief minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members, and said it was BJPβs reaction to losing power in Bihar.
βYou can see what is happening in Bihar. They felt Tejashwi and JD-U are coming togetherβ¦ Itβs been years since Lalu ji left the post of CM. They came to remember the case all of sudden,β he said.
βThe ED sees the Indian map in a different way. They see only opposition ruled states, they donβt go to BJP states,β he said.
Congress MP from Rajya Sabha Vivek Tankha was also present at the dias with Sibal. Both Tankha and Sibal were a part of the rebel group of Congress leaders which came to be known as the βG-23β.
βEvery political party has their own ideology, but when you read the preamble of the Indian Constitution, the basis of the Constitution is justice,β said Sibal.
Accusing the BJP of βbuyingβ MLAs, and destabilising Opposition governments in states, he demanded stricter anti-defection laws.
βWhat kind of politics is this? Defectors become Ministers! Those who defect from their party should be banned from becoming ministers or fighting elections for five yearsβ he said.
He also pitched for Rs 50,000 salary for school teachers, free education for women, and cheap healthcare among other things, as part of his new vision.
Tankha, meanwhile, said βInsaafβ will become the voice of 130 crore people of India.
βEveryone wants justice, but there are a very few who can fight for it. This will become the voice of 133 crore Indians. We hope that it will transform transform into a peopleβs movement,β he said about the portal.
Several opposition leaders, including Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, have expressed support for Sibalβs platform to fight against justice.
At a press conference last week, Sibal had launched the platform against the βinjustice prevailing in the countryβ calling on chief ministers and leaders of opposition parties to support him in his effort.
Sibal, who had been a Union minister during the UPA I and II, had quit the Congress in May last year and was elected to Rajya Sabha as an independent with the support of the Samajwadi Party.
Earlier, Sibal had announced that a website βinsaafkesipahi.co.inβ has been set up to fight injustice and anyone could register on it.
The non-electoral political platform is called βInsaafβ while anyone who registers on the website to fight injustice would become an βinsaaf ka sipahiβ.
This will be a national level platform where lawyers will be at the forefront, he had said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )