Opposition Accuses Government of Using Investigating Agencies for Political Gains

The opposition party accused the government of using central investigating agencies for its political gains and to harass leaders of opposition parties. The opposition party used the washing machine argument to claim that leaders against whom central investigating agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or the Income Tax Department are investigating. As soon as they join the BJP or ally with it. Their cases are either dropped. They are delayed, or put in "cold storage." A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Mumbai has accepted the ED's closure report in a money laundering case registered against Mushrif and his sons in 2022. The court did so because the original offences associated with the case were quashed. Sachin Sawant, the Congress's co-incharge for Telangana, said that he and his family received a reprieve from the opposition.