Chandigarh, April 17 -- The Enforcement Directorate's (ED) multi-city raids on Punjab Cabinet Minister Sanjeev Arora and his business partners have triggered a massive political firestorm, with leaders from AAP and BJP trading sharp allegations.

As the search operations concluded at various premises in Ludhiana, Jalandhar, and Gurugram, the discourse shifted from administrative investigation to a high-stakes political battle ahead of the 2027 assembly elections.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann spearheaded the counter-attack, accusing the Central government of "murdering democracy." Speaking to the media after a cabinet meeting in Chandigarh, Mann asserted that the BJP is misusing Central agencies like the ED and CBI because they are u...