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Oppn leaders under CBI scrutiny rise to 95% under NDA from 60% under UPA

Under the NDA government, since 2014, the number of political leaders facing investigation has gone up to 124 and 118 of them are Opposition leaders

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The number of opposition leaders under the lens of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has gone up from 60 per cent during the tenure of the UPA government to 95 per cent during the NDA government. Under UPA-1 and 2, between 2004 and 2014, the number of political leaders under probe was 72 and 43 of them were opposition leaders, a report in the Indian Express (IE) said. 

Under the NDA government, since 2014, the number of political leaders facing investigation has gone up to 124 and 118 of them are opposition leaders. Six of them belong to the BJP. 

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