'He Made ED, CBI Sit On His Lap': Kapil Sibal Slams PM Modi Over 'Double-Engine' Govt Claim

Slamming the Central government, Kapil Sibal said the only objective of the PM Narendra Modi-led BJP government is to destroy the entire opposition.

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal addresses AAP's "maha rally" against the Centre's ordinance on control of services in the national capital, at Ramlila Maidan, in New Delhi.

New Delhi: Launching a scathing attack on the Centre, former Congress leader and senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Sunday said the BJP-led Central government is a “double-barrel government”, one of the barrels being Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the other is Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Addressing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi, Sibal said it is not a double-engine government at the Centre and it has been “misusing” the central agencies.

"I remember before 2014 when we were in the UPA government, Arvind Kejriwal used to oppose us. But times have changed, governments have changed, and prime ministers have changed. He (PM Narendra Modi) said, you have given 60 years to Congress, now just give seven months to us, and we will make India progressive and he did change India's map in 120 months. He made the media, Election Commission, and Enforcement Directorate (ED) CBI sit on his lap," Sibal said.

Speaking about the Ordinance row, Sibal said, "They want that the bureaucrats run Delhi and the chief minister left with no powers. What kind of a joke is this?"

Further slamming the government, the Rajya Sabha MP said the only objective of the PM Modi-led BJP government is to destroy the entire opposition.

Calling for an Opposition unity, he said, “My purpose in the coming days will be to go to different places and tell people that the time has come, we need to unite and fight against PM Modi.  Just like PM Modi's 'Mann ki Baat', I want to share mine.”

Notably, AAP organised a mega rally at Delhi's Ramlila ground against the Centre's Ordinance on control over administrative services in the national capital. Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal, his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann, Delhi Minister Gopal Rai, party MP Sanjay Singh and other party leaders attended the rally.