Centre running on 'Gujarat model' to harass opposition leaders: Digvijaya Singh

Accusing the Centre of political vendetta, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has said the Modi government is running on the "Gujarat model" of governance to harass opposition leaders.

"Sending former Union finance minister P Chidambaram to jail is an evidence of misuse of the CBI, ED and the IT department for implicating opposition leaders," Singh said on Friday evening.

He said though action has been taken against Chidambaram, the officers on whose recommendation/consent the former union minister took decisions have been spared.

The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister claimed no action has been taken against Chinmayanand simply because he is a BJP leader, in spite of a postgraduate woman alleging, in 18 pages, he raped her.

Singh demanded action against Chinmayanand similar to that taken against Unnao MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who too has been accused of sexual assault at his residence and expelled by the BJP.

He said the Centre is "running on Gujarat model" to harass only ...