Bengaluru, Feb. 28 -- Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP of weaponising federal agencies for political gain.

The remarks came following the court's discharge of AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and 21 others in the Delhi Excise policy case yesterday.

Speaking to the media, Kharge alleged, "In the last 12 years, CBI, IT and ED have been used like puppets for the political benefit of BJP... The Supreme Court had reprimanded in this matter, where is the charge sheet in the case of Arvind Kejriwal and Sisodia? The institutions are being used only for political benefit and for nothing else."

The discharge of Arvind Kejriwal and the other accused in the excise policy case has trigg...