Bengaluru, April 17 -- Karnataka Minister Santosh Lad on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the BJP after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a prosecution complaint in the National Herald case against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

Lad called the ED's action "politically motivated" and said this was part of the BJP's "old political game."

"For the last 10 years, the ED was sleeping... It is absolutely a politically motivated case... This is their (BJP) old political game..." the Minister told ANI.

Joining the criticism, Karnataka Minister Dr Sharan Prakash Patil accused the BJP-led central government of "looting" the country and pretending to be 'doodh ka dhula'.

He alleged that the Centre was misusing government...