Chandigarh, April 18 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday termed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on the residence of his cabinet colleague, Sanjeev Arora, a "murder of democracy." The raids come amid growing friction between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Union government, following a string of high-profile investigations into AAP's top brass. With several senior leaders in Delhi and Punjab already under the scanner of federal agencies over alleged financial irregularities, the party has consistently maintained that these probes are politically motivated aimed at destabilising their governance and halting their electoral expansion. Addressing a hurriedly convened press conference in Chandigarh, Mann alleged that non-BJP governments are were systematically targeted by central agencies to intimidate political opponents. He claimed the BJP was "hand in glove" with the Congress, believing it can manage them, but was desperate to prevent a strong third political force from emerging. The chief minister said that the ED had raided AAP Rajya Sabha member Ashok Mittal-chancellor of Lovely Professional University-two days earlier, before moving on to Arora's residence on Friday. He alleged these actions are designed to create a "climate of fear," asserting that the AAP would not be intimidated....