In fact, more than 85% of 147 key politicians probed by the agency during the UPA-NDA rule combined in the last 18 years belonged to the Opposition. The list of political leaders being probed by ED since 2004 is on indianexpress.com. Denying “political bias” against the Opposition, an agency official told The Indian Express, “The ED is the last agency you can accuse of political bias as it cannot register cases on its own. The ED, like the CBI, has also been accused of going slow on cases against Opposition politicians who join the BJP. Besides, relatives of key politicians accused of corruption and money laundering have also faced the ED’s heat during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term.

Source: Indian Express September 21, 2022 08:25 UTC