Achi news desk-
“Modi is afraid. That is why he is imprisoning opposition leaders and facing the polls,” the party said.
Kansa, the tyrant ruler of Mathura in the Mahabharata, was the maternal uncle of Lord Krishna. He imprisoned Lord Krishna’s parents, who later killed him.
“Aurangzeb would make opponents into his vassals or eliminate them. The same tendency of Aurangzebi can be seen in the central government across the country,” added the editorial.
The current governors’ policy that there should not be the voice of the Opposition is harmful, he said.
In China and Russia, Opposition leaders are either killed or disappear, but in India they are linked to false cases and sent to jail for months, said the party led by Uddhav Thackeray.
Since 2014, 95 percent of the central agencies’ cases are against opposition leaders, he said, and alleged that the BJP is misusing the central agencies to finish off its opposition and fill its coffers.
The ED arrested Kejriwal in a money laundering case related to customs policy on Thursday night. The arrest, the first of a sitting prime minister, came hours after the Delhi High Court refused to shield the AAP national convener from any coercive action by the agency.
The 55-year-old leader’s arrest came amid campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections.
