"After Raids, Told Amit Shah Torture Me, Not...": Sena's Sanjay Raut
NDTV
Sanjay Raut said the BJP was using investigating agencies to try and topple the Maharashtra government.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday accused the ruling BJP at the centre of using investigating agencies to try and topple the Maharashtra government and target its leaders and their families, including Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
With a large crowd of Shiv Sena workers glued to giant screens put up especially for an hour-long media briefing at the Shiv Sena headquarters in Mumbai's Dadar, Mr Raut claimed he dialled Union Home Minister Amit Shah after raids on people linked to him.
"The day I was targeted and my close ones raided, I called up Amit Shah that night. I told him that I respect you...you are a big leader and home minister of the country, but whatever is happening is not right. If you have any animosity with me then target me, torture me, why are they (central agencies) targeting my friends and relatives," he said.
He claimed the Enforcement Directorate or ED, which investigates financial crimes, was interrogating people who were involved in his daughter's wedding - including the florist, decorator, the beautician and even his tailor.
