ED complaint against me BJP's vendetta politics: Vaghela

Claiming that he has not indulged in any wrongdoing during his tenure as Union Textile Minister in UPA-1, Gujarat Congress leader Shankarsinh Vaghela today said the case registered against him by the ED is BJP's "vendetta politics".
Vaghela said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) lodged a case against him as he commented against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah yesterday.
"This case has been lodged against me because I spoke about the political encounter of Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel. Now, BJP wants to do my political encounter. But I am not scared of anyone, because I have not done anything wrong and every deal during my tenure as a minister was transparent," he said.

Yesterday, while speaking to reporters over the resignation of Anandiben Patel as state CM, Vaghela had alleged that Modi and Shah did the "political encounter" of Patel by "forcing" her to resign as the state CM.
"This case by ED has been filed just within 24 hours of my encounter comment. This is nothing but a desperate attempt by the BJP, as they are losing their ground in Gujarat. Last year, the CBI had raided my house, but they went empty-handed. This is vendetta politics by BJP. But I am not scared of such cases," said Vaghela.
Earlier today, ED booked Vaghela and some others on charges of alleged money laundering in connection with sale of a prime National Textile Corporation (NTC) land in Mumbai, which reportedly caused a loss of Rs 709 crore to the exchequer.

The CBI had filed a criminal case of corruption last year, taking cognizance of which the ED has now registered an offence under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
It was alleged that during the UPA rule, Vaghela, who moved from BJP to Congress, had overruled recommendations of officials of his ministry suggesting that NTC must make a detailed evaluation of the land before the nod for transferring it to the private company was given.