The President of the National Congress Party, Sharad Pawar, accused the Modi government of abusing central institutions to target its opponents on Wednesday. Anil Deshmukh expressed concern about the actions of officials in the suspected drug trafficking case of Aryan Khan. The head of the NCP said at a press conference that the center’s target was the family and close partners of the ruling leader Maha Vikas Aghadi because it had failed to “destabilize” the government of Maharashtra. “The central government is abusing institutions, whether it is the CBI, the law enforcement bureau, the income tax department, or the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the anti-drug agency,” Pawar said. When referring to the NCB’s investigation in the Aryan case, Pawar said: “My colleague Nawab Malik made certain comments to an NCB officer. His name is (Sameer) Wankhede. I have also heard that Wankhede is in the customs department. Stories at work.” He added: “In this case, the witness (witness) produced by NCB is a K P Gosavi who is currently absconding and is being hunted by the Mumbai police (a’private detective’, Gosavi is facing a case of cheating). This People have doubts about Pan’s integrity. If a senior NCB official chooses such a class, it will only highlight the official’s connection with such people.” Pawar said that the Mumbai police did much better than the NCB in drug control in the city, and the bureau was only “showing off to please the political masters in Delhi.” “There are two agencies here, one is the NCB and the other is the anti-drug team of the Mumbai Police. NCB has fewer drug collections, while the Mumbai Police’s confiscation rate is much higher,” Pawar said. Pawar cited a subpoena from the Law Enforcement Bureau and a subsequent raid on the home of Deshmukh, the leader of the National Congress Party who had to resign as Minister of the Interior due to corruption allegations, saying that he was surprised by the agency’s “behavior”.
News Source: The Indian Express
