ED, I-T, CBI have been asked to remain hyperactive against oppn: RJD

The Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD on Tuesday claimed to have credible information that the ED CBI and Income Tax department have been asked by the Centre to be hyperactive against leaders opposed to BJP till Ram temple inauguration reported news agency PTIRJD national spokesman and Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Kumar Jha made the allegation at a press conference here vowing to continue the fight against the BJP which he accused of having converted the country into a police state reported PTIThe BJP however denied the allegation asserting that the agencies worked independently and only those who had indulged in corruption were scared of these reported PTIJha said There are some conscientious people in these agencies at various levels Those who are not happy with the diktat of becoming a political instrument in the hands of the BJP have confided in me They are under instructions to go after opposition leaders till January 22 when the media focus will shift towards Ayodhya reported PTIDuring this period these agencies have been asked to be particularly active in states like Bihar West Bengal Jharkhand Delhi Punjab Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra he claimed reported PTIProminent leaders who will be in the crosshairs include Tejashwi Yadav Abhishek Banerjee Arvind Kejriwal Bhagwant Mann Hemant Soren and members of the MK Stalin ministry Jha saidNotably Jhas allegation comes in the backdrop of summons issued to RJD leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav by the Enforcement DirectorateThe ED has asked Yadav to appear before it in Delhi on January 5 in the landforjobs scam pertaining to the period when his father and party president Lalu Prasad was the Railway minister reported PTIThe RJD MP said We are not scared of such antics It is the BJP which is always wary of taking on its opponents politically It had received a crushing defeat in the Bihar assembly polls of 2015 and is staring at a similar humiliation in Lok Sabha polls reported PTIJha lambasted the BJP for trying to politically cash in on the construction of the temple at Ayodhya saying they are followers not of Ram but Nathuram Gandhis assassin We on the other hand are followers of the Mahatma who was a true devotee and had the name of the Lord on his lips when he was hit by the bullets which claimed his life reported PTIDuring the period till January 22 you will see all three agencies working in tandem sharing files which will be handed to these by their political bosses After the inauguration of the temple there will be a brief lull And after the last week of April you will never hear of the socalled cases ever claimed the RJD leader reported PTIReacting to the charge state BJP spokesman Arvind Kumar Singh said ED CBI and IT are independent agencies and the BJP never interferes in their functioning But those with corruption taints are naturally scared of these The RJD must be particularly wary since its supremo Lalu Prasad has already been convicted in several fodder scam cases reported PTIWith inputs from PTI