ED raids against TN Minister: Stalin slams BJP for 'backdoor intimidation'

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday lashed out at the ruling BJP at the Centre over the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids against his cabinet colleague V Senthil Balaji, charging it with “backdoor intimidation” of political rivals.

The ED had conducted raids on properties associated with Balaji, who holds the Electricity and Prohibition and Excise portfolios.

“The BJP’s politics of backdoor intimidation of those it is unable to face politically will not succeed. The time that they themselves will realise it is nearing,” Stalin said in a statement.