After Mamata's Appeal, Sharad Pawar Supports Joint Opposition Action Against Use Of ED, CBI Raids For 'Political Vendetta'

Earlier, during the Nationalist Youth Congress's national executive meeting, Pawar accused the BJP of utilising central investigative agencies to pursue opposition figures for political revenge.

New Delhi: Raids by central investigative agencies appear to be the newest rallying point for opposition parties, with NCP supremo Sharad Pawar echoing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's call for a unified front against the BJP on Tuesday, news agency PTI reported.

When questioned about Banerjee's letter to all non-BJP chief ministers and opposition leaders concerning suspected misuse of federal investigative agencies, Pawar said, "We will take up the issue in Parliament tomorrow. We shall see what we can do together in this regard."

Earlier, during the Nationalist Youth Congress's national executive meeting, Pawar accused the BJP of utilising central investigative agencies to target opposition leaders for political vendetta.

While referring to the raids on his party colleagues Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik, Pawar said, "Those in power today believe that those who do not share their ideology are enemies. CBI/ED raids have become commonplace and used for political vendetta to trouble political opponents."

"There is something or the other going against every leader of the NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena... Prime Minister Narendra Modi has one thing in mind: he wants BJP rule from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, irrespective of the wishes of the people," Pawar said.

On 'The Kashmir Files,' the NCP chief slammed Modi for instigating communal strife by promoting a film that incites rage rather than healing age-old scars.

"Whatever happened to Kashmiri Pandits was not good for the country. They had to leave their homes and come here. But, we need to forget the bygones, move forward and work towards establishing harmony among communities. But those responsible for ruling the country are promoting a film that spreads anger among the people, Pawar said.

He said that the movie portrays Hindus and women as victims of atrocities in Kashmir, but in truth, both Muslims and Hindus bore the brunt of separatist violence.

"In Kashmir, there was a section that was against both -- Muslims and Kashmiri Pandits. This section received support from across the border and several Muslims and Kashmiri Pandits had to leave. But the film is a misrepresentation as it shows that only Kashmiri Pandits were hounded out of Kashmir, Pawar said.

(With PTI Inputs)