Prevention of Money Laundering Act - A law that was brought in to hack illegal drug trafficking, money laundering & to put a stop to legitimising Black Money has gradually moved on from being a law to a political tool in the hands of the ruling government…be it Congress who politisized it - to BJP that weaponised it.
A brilliant article in Scroll - https://scroll.in/article/1027571/how-the-modi-government-has-weaponised-the-ed-to-go-after-indias-opposition - highlights how in the ED has become a force to reckon with & a weapon to intimidate the opposition by the party in power - be in Congress or the BJP.
Do watch the episode to understand how powerful ED has become after the 2019 amendment & to understand if the PMLA stands constitutionally correct ?
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Chapter Heads :
00:00 - ED a political tool ?
02:40 - Mahapolitics & role of ED
04:04 - What is money laundering Act?
05:08 - From Drugs to Politics
07:39 - A political witch-hunt?
09:36 - How Congress weaponised ED
11:01 - How BJP added a nuclear tip
11:51 - IS PMLA constitutional?
Credits :
Writer : Akash
Editor : Shivam
Producer: Avishrant
Resources :
https://scroll.in/article/1027571/how-the-modi-government-has-weaponised-the-ed-to-go-after-indias-opposition
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/enforcement-directorate-p-chidambaram-inx-media-case-d-k-shivakumar-5975982/
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/nawab-malik-money-laundering-case-transaction-dawood-ibrahim-bombay-high-court-1922364-2022-03-08
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