Shiv Sena: Sharad Pawar a leader of standing, ED has made bank case political
Shiv Sena’s parliamentary party leader Sanjay Raut, a BJP ally, Friday questioned the alleged money-laundering case against “a senior leader with a certain standing”, and said it has only given fresh lease of life to the NCP on the eve of the assembly elections in Maharashtra.
Raut said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case against Pawar is generating sympathy for him and galvanising the cadre of a party on the decline.
The case, he said, had acquired political colour, and those familiar with Pawar’s capabilities and the politics of Maharashtra can figure how the matter is going to play out.
“I would say, for no reason, the investigating agency has made the case political,” Raut said.
Pawar’s name, he said, did not find mention in the complaint on which the Bombay High Court had acted.