Modi govt ‘misuses’ central agencies ahead of polls, says CM Ashok Gehlot

JAIPUR: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot hit out at the Modi government on Tuesday, alleging that it “misuses” agencies like the CBI, the ED and the Income Tax department whenever elections are due in a state or in a political crisis. With Uttar Pradesh assembly elections approaching, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started conducting raids in the state, he said.
The CBI on Monday registered a case against 189 people, including 16 government servants, for alleged irregularities in the Rs 1,437-crore Gomti riverfront development project in Uttar Pradesh undertaken during the tenure of the Samajwadi Party (SP) government headed by Akhilesh Yadav, according to officials.
After registering the case, the agency sleuths swooped down on 42 locations spread across 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh, Alwar in Rajasthan and Kolkata in West Bengal, they said.