ED's masters ordered to fix me in refusal to topple MH Govt: Sanjay Raut
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New Delhi: Senior Shiv Sena leader and Member of Parliament, Sanjay Raut, has come out with serious allegations against the ruling BJP government in a letter to the Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu.
In the letter, Raut alleged that he and his family were under the Enforcement Directorate's continuous grip after his refusal to help topple the Maharashtra government. He said the central agencies have been so stooped to become the puppets in hands of their masters.
Raut also claimed that the officials of the agencies even admitted it was on their masters' command they were acting against him. Their masters wanted him to be fixed, Raut added.
The letter further said that he received the threat of imprisonment for the refusal of forcing a midterm election in the state.
"About a month ago, I was approached by certain people and was told to assist them in toppling the state government in Maharashtra. They wanted me to be instrumental in such endeavour so that the state could be forced into a midterm election. I refused to be a party to any such clandestine agenda which was being pursued, upon which I was warned that my refusal could lead to my paying a very heavy price. I was even told that my fate could be like that of a former union railway minister who spent many years behind bars. I was even warned that apart from me, two other senior ministers in the cabinet of the state of Maharashtra as well as two senior leaders in Maharashtra would also be sent behind the bars under the PMLA Act which would lead to midterm elections in the state of Maharashtra with all important leaders in the state being behind bars," the letter read as one of the points.
Raut claimed that ED personnel were "leaving no stone unturned to intimidate/harass" Sena legislators, MPs and leaders, as well as their friends, relatives and acquaintances."
"We have a right to have our own ideology which may not be in tandem with that of the political party," wrote Raut, adding "that doesn't mean that our legislators, MPs, their family members, friends and acquaintances are threatened and harassed under the garb of conducting investigation, or even arrested in cases of alleged money laundering", Raut wrote.
Raut claimed that 28 people have so far been picked up and "wrongfully confined" by the probe agencies, and have been threatened with dire consequences if they don't give statements against him.