New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday slammed the Narendra Modi-led government over the arrest of Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister Senthil Balaji by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) terming it as a "political harassment and vendetta". 80-year-old Kharge also said that the Opposition parties will not be intimidated by "such brazen moves".
"This is nothing but political harassment and vendetta by the Modi government against those opposed to it. None of us in the Opposition will be intimidated by such brazen moves," Kharge said in a statement issued by his party on its official Twitter handle.
V Senthil Balaji was wheeled into a government hospital in Chennai, Tamil Nadu during the wee hours on Wednesday after he reportedly collapsed amid the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids that were underway at his premises since 7 am on Tuesday.
The DMK, which is in power in Tamil Nadu, has already maintained that it will put up a fight. Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, who visited the hospital where Senthi was brought by ED officials, said his party would not be cowed down by the browbeating of the BJP. "The DMK party will put up a fight. The BJP-ruled Union government thinks that it will be able to intimidate us. It won't happen. We are a party that faced MISA (The Maintenance of Internal Security Act). We will face it", Udhayanidhi said.
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