Durg, March 11 -- Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel on Monday hit out at BJP over Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at his residence and claimed it was done without the Election Commission's permission and to create a media hype.

Bhupesh Baghel dismissed thealleged recovery of Rs 33 lakhs from his residence as insignificant and accused the authorities of attempting to defame him.

"On one hand, they came here without the permission of ECI, and secondly, they brought the machine to create hype, they recovered only Rs 33 lakhs. They just want to defame me. They don't have anything else with them. I haven't received any summons. I am not running away. Whenever I go out of state, there is a raid. It has b...