MUMBAI: Accusing BJP of “using” Central agencies against the Maharashtra government, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday said everyone in BJP, right from the governor to the leader of opposition, was treating the Maharashtra government like an enemy.
The Sena said in its mouthpiece Saamna that BJP was using Central agencies like the ED and CBI to put pressure on the Maharashtra government, but despite these tactics, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the state “was not falling,” and this had frustrated BJP leaders. Saamna said in the editorial that some BJP leaders thought the ED and CBI “are in their pocket” and used them to threaten political opponents.
“Making a statement that you will have sleepless nights in facing the ED is nothing but arrogance. Who will have sleepless nights facing the ED we will see, but despite pressure from the Centre, the Maharashtra government is not falling. This is giving the BJP sleepless nights. (State BJP chief Chandrakant) Patil has threatened...Maharashtra minister Hasan Mushrif……with ED. Former MP Kirit Somaiya has made allegations against Hasan Mushrif. These allegations seem to have been made at the behest of Chandrakant Patil,” the editorial said.
