ED cases against opposition candidates up four-fold under NDA government

Out of the total 121 cases against politicians under Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe currently, 115 or 95 per cent are against Opposition leaders

The cases filed against opposition leaders have grown four-fold since 2014, under the NDA government. Out of the 121 cases against politicians under Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe currently, 115 or 95 per cent are against Opposition leaders, a report by in Indian Express (IE) showed. 

Six out of the 124 cases are against BJP leaders, the report added. 

The pattern is similar to that of the CBI. In the last 18 years, over 200 opposition politicians were probed by the CBI. These were nearly 80 per cent of all the CBI cases in the period. 

During the NDA-II government, that came