New Delhi: The Congress has hit out at the Union government over its move to issue ordinances by which the tenures of directors of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate can now be up to a maximum of five years.
Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala alleged that the Modi government uses ED-CBI as ‘henchmen to usurp power and destabilise elected governments’.
Raids by ED and CBI on the Opposition leaders has become a norm, he said. ‘Now, these henchmen are being empowered & rewarded with 5 yrs tenure, so that malicious prosecution is used to silence dissenting voices,’ Surjewala tweeted.
President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday promulgated two ordinances that would allow the Centre to extend the tenures of the directors of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate from two years to up to five years.