A political war rages on after raids carried out against senior officials of the erstwhile Samajwadi Party government in connection with the illegal sand mining case. SP Chief and former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav is also likely to be quizzed. Samajwadi Party MPs protested against the CBI raids in the Rajya Sabha saying that the political witch-hunt proves that BJP is wary of the SP-BSP alliance that threatens to unseat them in the Lok Sabha elections. Meanwhile addressing a joint briefing, the SP and BSP renewed their attack on the BJP government. with Congress MP Ghulam Nabi Azad claiming that the Prime Minister's dictatorship and control over the central agencies will be brought to an end in the LS polls.