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Raids are being done on those who can defeat the BJP, says Sanjay Raut

Updated on: 27 October,2023 07:27 PM IST  |  Mumbai
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Raut's remark came following raids by the central agencies on various senior leaders of the opposition parties in different poll-bound states

Raids are being done on those who can defeat the BJP, says Sanjay Raut

Sanjay Raut. File Pic

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday alleged that "raids are being done where elections are happening and on those who can defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)," reported news agency ANI.


Of the five states, polls will be held in Chhattisgarh on November 7 and November 17, Madhya Pradesh on November 17, Rajasthan on November 25, Telangana on November 30 and Mizoram on November 7. The counting of votes will take place on December 3 in all the states. The elections to five states are crucial as they are being held months before the Lok Sabha elections in April-May next year.


"Now the Model Code of Conduct is implemented, and you are conducting raids... What does this imply?... We had given ten names for Maharashtra. Why are you not conducting raids on them? ...Raids are being done where elections are happening and on those who can defeat the BJP," Sanjay Raut said, reported ANI.


Raut's remark came following raids by the central agencies on various senior leaders of the opposition parties in different poll-bound states, reported ANI.

West Bengal Minister Jyotipriya Mallick was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the early hours of Friday in a case of alleged corruption in PDS ration distribution in West Bengal. The arrest came a day after the ED conducted searches at Mallick's residence in Salt Lake, on the outskirts of Kolkata.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested West Bengal minister Jyotipriyo Mallick in a money laundering case linked to an alleged multi-core ration distribution scam in the state. The minister was apprehended under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in the early hours of Friday following over 17-18 hours of questioning.

The ED had earlier arrested a confidant of the minister, Bakibur Rahman, whose remand is ending this week.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) also recently raided the residence of Rajasthan Congress Chief Govind Singh Dotasara in connection with the Senior Teacher 2nd Grade Competitive Examination, 2022 Paper Leak case and

The ED has also summoned Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's son, Vaibhav Gehlot, for questioning in a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) case.

(With inputs from ANI and PTI)

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