Few days after Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu withdrew the general consent given to CBI, Enforcement Directorate has conducted a 2-day raid at the premises of former Union Minister and Teleugu Desam Party’s MP Y Sujana Chowdary in Hyderabad. He has been alleged of money laundering and financial irregularities. He is supposedly one of the close aides of CM Chandrababu Naidu. (Read here)
The decision to withdraw general consent was taken in the view of infighting within the CBI that has “eroded the credibility” of the agency. Naidu accused Modi government of using central agencies, including the CBI, against political opponents. However, critics of Naidu link his decision with “impending” CBI investigation against TDP leaders”.
Last month, raids were conducted on TDP leader CM Ramesh too. He is also a close aide of Naidu. CBI special director Rakesh Asthana alleged that Ramesh tried to mediate on the behalf of Hyderabad-based businessman Sathish Sana in the bribery case. To this allegation, Ramesh responded by saying that BJP president Amit Shah wanted to frame him.