Congress Leaders in Chhattisgarh were searched days before a party meeting in Raipur

The raids occur in advance of the Congress’ three-day plenary session, which will take place in Raipur, the state capital, on February 24-26. The party led by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is in power in the state

As part of a continuing probe into the coal levy money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at several places in Chhattisgarh on Monday, including at buildings connected to leaders of the Congress party, according to sources.
The raids occur only days before the Congress party’s three-day plenary meeting, which will take place in Raipur, the state capital, from February 24–26. The party led by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is in power in the state.

Searches have reportedly been going on since this morning at more than a dozen locations, including those of Devendra Yadav, an MLA in Bhilai (Durg district), Ramgopal Agrawal, the treasurer of the Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee, Sushil Sunny Agrawal, the chairman of the Chhattisgarh State Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, and RP Singh, the party’s state spokesperson, in Raipur.

Other leaders of the ruling party were also targets of the raids.They said that the ED is looking into those who were “beneficiaries” of the alleged coal levy scheme that was carried out when the present administration was in power.Sushil Anand Shukla, the chief of the state Congress communication wing, blasted the BJP for conducting raids, saying that the opposition was abusing the central agency to disrupt the 85th plenary session of the Congress, which was set to take place in Raipur.

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Whenever the BJP fails to take on its political rivals it misuses central agencies like the ED and CBI, he claimed.As a mark of protest, the Congress will stage a gherao at the ED office in Raipur at 11 am.According to the source, the subject of the ED inquiry is “a major fraud in which an unlawful charge of 25 was being extorted for every tonne of coal moved in Chhattisgarh by a cartel including senior officials, businesses, politicians, and intermediaries,”