Durg, March 15 -- Refuting the reports of Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoning his son Chaitanya Baghel, former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday said that this is a "conspiracy" by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to "defame" leaders.

"No notice has been received, so there is no question of appearing anywhere. We will certainly appear before them once we receive a notice. No notice has been received yet...ED's job is to create a deliberate media hype...Agencies are used to defame other individuals. That is what they have done so far...This is a conspiracy by the BJP to defame leaders," Bhupesh Baghel told reporters.

On March 10, the ED conducted searches at the residence of Bhupesh Baghel, his...