P Chidambaram being falsely implicated, says Sharad Pawar

Nagpur: NCP president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday accused the Narendra Modi government of “misusing” power to target political rivals like P Chidambaram and Mamata Banerjee, as he offered to play the role of a unifier for the opposition parties to take on the BJP in the 2019 polls. Chidambaram, a senior Congress leader and former finance minister, is being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the CBI in the Aircel-Maxis and INX media deal cases, respectively.

“Efforts are being made by BJP government to falsely implicate P Chidambaram by misusing power.  Similarly, those associated with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee are being raided,” Pawar said in Vashi in neighbouring Navi Mumbai. He charged that 40 Congress MLAs were also raided during the Karnataka elections.

“However, the people of Karnataka taught them (BJP) a lesson. The government at Centre is misusing power and time has come to replace the government,” he said.