He said the government was trying to bury many of the corruption cases in which its own ministers and chief ministers were involved pushing the Opposition to "ring the bell in the temple of democracy (Parliament)".
"I simply wonder how can government come up with two different set of rules -- one for the ruling party and one for the Opposition. The government seems to have a set policy of keeping busy even the small Opposition parties with fake cases so that no one can question it on crucial issues," Azad told reporters after the Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day.
"National Herald is a non-profit making organisation and none of its directors or shareholders get a single penny. This was conveyed to the previous ED director who rightly decided to close the case.
"However, what prompted the government to replace him within days of this decision and appoint a new one (Karnal Singh) who re-opened the case? Does this move not smell of a political vendetta and I wonder how can government claim that it has no role to play when they play such dirty games from behind the scene," Azad said.
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The Lalit Modi scam was a fit case for registering a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by ED in which the government should have set an example by launching prosecution against the Rajasthan chief minister and her son besides others, Azad alleged and added "the silence adopted by the government in this matter showed its real face."
He said the Congress was not rattled by the recent judgement of the Delhi High Court in connection with the National Herald case and added "we know that we have done no wrong. We hold judiciary in high esteem and have complete faith in it."
"Let me remind the government and the ministers that all the issues listed in the Business Advisory Committee of the Parliament -- price rise, drought situation, Scheduled Caste, The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2014, floods and rains-- are all Opposition sponsored business," he said.