In the last few months, leaders of Opposition parties in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Telangana, four of the five states where elections are set to take place next month, have either been raided, detained, or summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). On raids by central agencies in Chhattisgarh, BJP National Vice President and former Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh took a jibe at the Opposition and said that the central agencies come when it is a matter of PMLA. “ED and IT Department come when it is a matter of PMLA. If the Government acts on its own such corruption can be stopped. But if the Government itself is involved in corruption, if there is more than Rs 2,000 crores of liquor scam and illegal liquor is being sold in Government shops, if Rs 25 per ton is being illegally collected publicly for coal, agencies have taken action. They have presented evidence and documents…”