Chennai: Facing Enforcement Directorate raids on his premises at Delhi and Chennai, former finance minister P. Chidambaram has slammed the Union Government accusing it of misusing the ED and swore he wo-
uld “neither bend nor break”.
“I belong to the Opposition party. Let the government misuse the ED. I shall neither bend nor break and I shall continue to speak and write”, said the Congress senior in a statement late Saturday evening.
Referring to the ED searches at his premises, he said, “Nothing was found. The panchanamas speak for themselves”.
“Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued notices to the ED in cases where the submission is that the ED has no jurisdiction to conduct any investigation in the so-called Aircel-Maxis case. The ED was asked to file its reply and the cases were adjourned to January 30”, Chidambaram said.
“There is no FIR against me or my son in the Aircel-Maxis case. There is no predicate scheduled offence. Hence the ED has no jurisdiction. Yet the ED, at the instance of the government, continues to misuse its powers”, he said.
