New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- Congress leader Pawan Khera on Friday said that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) thinks of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Income Tax Department (I-T), and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as its personal army. He claimed that the ED only conduct raids in selected states, which are not led by the BJP.

"The moment we see a news flash about an ED raid, we know it has happened in a select few states only. We have been saying that the BJP thinks of the ED, I-T and CBI as its private army. This is harmful for democracy..." he said.

Congress spokesperson Shama Mohammed, while speaking about ED's raid on I-PAC office in Kolkata, backed Khera's claim, saying that the ED has become an arm of the central government....