Misuse of ED/CBI to achieve political objectives by BJP?

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ED's conviction rate of 0.42% of the total cases

Since 2014: 95% of total Politicians booked by ED were from Opposition parties

PMLA Law & Draconian amendments in 2019

ED cases: 2005 - Jan2023[1]

  • ED registered total 5,906 cases
  • ED disposed only 25 cases, a mere 0.42% of the total cases

TARGET: Opposition?

ED cases

Prime Arrests:

-- Sitting CM of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal
-- Sitting CM of Jharkhand Hemant Soren[2]
-- Sitting AAP's Deputy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia Fights Vendetta Politics(AAP Wiki)
-- Sitting AAP's Minister of Delhi Satyendar Jain: A Political Prisoner?(AAP Wiki)

Since 2019 Draconian Amendments to PMLA[3]

April2020 - March2021: Highest ever 981 cases were filed by ED in year

UPA Government Modi Government Comparison
Period[3:1] 2004 - 2014 2014 - September 2022
Years[3:2] 10 years 8 years
Total Politicians probed[3:3] 26 121 600% Jump
Opposition probed[3:4] 54% 95% Opposition Targetted
Searches Conducted[4] 112 2974 2600% Jump
Assets attached[4:1] Rs 5,346 Rs 95,432 crore 1900% Jump

ED Summons[5]

Summons by the ED under PMLA have jumped

Year Summons
2016-17 4,567
2017-18 5,837
2018-19 9,175
2019-20 10,668
2020-21 12,173
Apr 2021-Nov 2022(8 Months) 11,252

CBI cases[6]

UPA Government Modi Government Comparison
Period[3:5] 2004 - 2014 2014 - September 2022
Years[3:6] 10 years 8 years
Total Politicians probed[3:7] 72 124 172% Jump
Opposition probed[3:8] 60% 95% Opposition Targetted

References:

  1. https://thewire.in/government/ed-is-claiming-it-has-a-high-conviction-rate-but-its-closed-only-25-cases-since-2005 ↩︎

  2. https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/former-jharkhand-cm-hemant-soren-arrested-by-ed-in-land-scam-case-11706718560139.html ↩︎

  3. https://indianexpress.com/article/express-exclusive/since-2014-4-fold-jump-in-ed-cases-against-politicians-95-per-cent-are-from-opposition-8163060/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. https://www.newsclick.in/CBI-95-per-ED-cases-NDA-II-against-opposition ↩︎ ↩︎

  5. https://scroll.in/article/1027571/how-the-modi-government-has-weaponised-the-ed-to-go-after-indias-opposition ↩︎

  6. https://indianexpress.com/article/express-exclusive/from-60-per-cent-in-upa-to-95-per-cent-in-nda-a-surge-in-share-of-opposition-leaders-in-cbi-net-express-investigation-8160912/ ↩︎

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