Earlier in the day, Varsha Raut had sought more time to seem prior to the ED. “We have sought four more days. We have full respect for the central agencies,” Raut, who is Executive Editor of the Saamana Group of publications, told media persons.
A celebration official told IANS that the Raut family members has asked the ED for time till January 5, even as Raut denied that his wife had received any notice. “I have not seen the notice. It is not with me,” he mentioned.
The ED notice has prompted a war of words involving Maharashtra’s ruling Shiv Sena and ally-turned-adversary BJP.
On Monday, Raut had alleged that central agencies have been getting used to “destabilise” the Uddhav Thackeray-led government and claimed he had been warned by BJP leaders about the program for more than a year. He added that was not afraid of the ED or any other central agency. However, he announced that if the BJP have been to go on targeting the opposition by roping in central investigating agencies, he would reveal at an proper time, circumstances associated to 120 BJP leaders which would jolt the Centre.