{"id":63761,"date":"2026-04-17T12:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=63761"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:02:19","slug":"cm-mann-accuses-bjp-of-using-ed-cbi-as-tools-to-target-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/cm-mann-accuses-bjp-of-using-ed-cbi-as-tools-to-target-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Mann accuses BJP of using ED, CBI as \u2018tools\u2019 to target opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday accused the BJP-led Centre of misusing central agencies like the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to target opposition leaders and \u201cundermine democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to fresh ED raids on AAP leaders, Mann said the party strongly condemns the action against leaders such as Sanjeev Arora and Ashok Mittal, adding that neither he nor his colleagues would be intimidated by such actions.<\/p>\n<p>Launching a sharp attack, Mann said, \u201cThe country is being run by just two people. Remember the slogan \u2018Hum do, hamare do\u2019? Here, \u2018hum do\u2019 are Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, and \u2018hamare do\u2019 are Ambani and Adani. They don\u2019t care about anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further alleged that the raids appear to be part of a political strategy ahead of elections in Punjab. Addressing a press conference, Mann claimed that the BJP lacks strong electoral presence in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are struggling to find candidates for all 117 seats. After their experiment of inducting Congress leaders into BJP failed, they have now started using ED and CBI to increase their numbers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mann asserted that such pressure tactics would not succeed, adding, \u201cDo whatever you want to scare us\u2014we will neither bow nor break.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday accused the BJP-led Centre of misusing central agencies like the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to target opposition leaders and \u201cundermine democracy.\u201d Reacting to fresh ED raids on AAP leaders, Mann said the party strongly condemns the action against leaders such as Sanjeev [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,21,20],"tags":[14444,14443],"class_list":["post-63761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-political-news","category-punjab","tag-cbi-as-tools-to-target-opposition","tag-cm-mann-accuses-bjp-of-using-ed"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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