Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi complaining that the IT raids undergoing in the state were ‘coercive and insecure centrism’ and lodged his objection to ‘misuse’ of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
Baghel, in the letter, charged that the multiple raids on various locations in the state were politically motivated and were carried out when the state government decided to initiate criminal investigations into alleged acts of corruption committed during previous BJP government.
According to Baghel the raids were questionable for two reasons. “Firstly it was conducted in clandestine manner and secondly it was misuse of central forces which are meant to be deployed only during internal disturbances”, Baghel said.
The act of central agency is leading to ‘undemocratic anarchy’ as there was an interference in the state subject of law and order. The deployment of valuable members of CRPF in ‘wanton and arbitrary exercise’ was also objectionable to Baghel which according to him was for emergency and exceptional circumstances as mentioned by Union government in official correspondence to states.