Why criminal charges have not been framed against Khadse? Cong

Congress today kept up its attack on Modi government on the Eknath Khadse issue wondering why criminal charges have not been framed against the former Maharashtra Minister who was forced to resign last week.
Seeking to puncture Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertion of "zero tolerance against corruption", party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said it took three months for BJP to act against Khadse.
"Have criminal charges been framed against Shri Khadse? Modiji said he was going to fight corruption but it took three months to act against Shri Khadse and that only after many protests," Singhvi told reporters.
In Mumbai, Maharashtra Congress demanded Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis book the former Revenue Minister under stringent provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) over his alleged links with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.

The party's Mumbai unit chief Sanjay Nirupam also termed as "mild" Fadnavis' decision to order a probe by a retired High Court judge into the allegations against Khadse.
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At the AICC briefing, Singhvi said the charges are "very serious" against Khadse on three counts.
While one relates to Dawood Ibrahim, second relates to purchase of land from a humble applicant only to gain huge compensation and a third relates to three acres of Pune prime land - direct conflict of interest in favour of his son-in-law and his wife, the Congress spokesman said.
"Till today, despite taking three months, there is no FIR, criminal charge, charge sheet proceedings or CBI probe, nothing," he said.

On the other hand, he alleged that when it is the case of any opposition leader, BJP is slapping cases under Prevention of Corruption Act against them.
Besides, he lamented that the Prime Minister has taken no action in the PDS scam in Chhattisgarh and Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh.
"Everyday, a former CM or a current government of Congress Party or other parties is given a notice. They are threatened with jail and arrest. Why this immunity for Chhattisgarh?"
Singhvi also targeted the Prime Minister over the claims of achievements made by him in two years of his government.

"We have seen this is a Sarkar of exaggeration, misrepresentation and self drum beating based on non-existing facts...This can be called a Non Disclosing Alliance and as was earlier said, Bharatiya Jhooth Party.