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The Enforcement Directorate's 23-hour raids on the premises of Delhi Cabinet Minister Raaj Kumar Anand concluded early Friday. Anand alleged that the action was a conspiracy to harass AAP leaders. The raids were part of a money laundering investigation initiated as per provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act following charges of false declarations in imports and international hawala transactions.

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena had alleged a scam of Rs 20,000 crore in the implementation of the Central governments Jal Jeevan Mission in Rajasthan back in June.

With days remaining for Rajasthan Assembly elections, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted fresh raids in the state on Friday, including at the premises of senior IAS officials. As per official sources, the raids were related to the money laundering investigation into the alleged Jal Jivan Mission scam.

If arrested, Kejriwal will be the third senior leader from the AAP to be taken into custody in the liquor policy case.

The Aam Aadmi Party accused the BJP of attempting to silence opposition leaders ahead of the Lok Sabha elections following Enforcement Directorate raids on the premises of AAP leader Raaj Kumar Anand and others as part of a money laundering investigation. AAP's Saurabh Bharadwaj criticized the raids, while the Delhi BJP secretary stated that the ED's actions are lawful, related to hawala and customs probes.