Enforcement Directorate & PMLA | How Congress & BJP shaped a deadly tool | Akash Banerjee

Over the last 17yrs - the Enforcement Directorate filed Over 5,400 Money Laundering cases under PMLA Act. It secured only 23 convictions in court - that's less than a 0.5% conviction rate!!! The rise of ED to a super CBI is fascinating. Politicised by the congress - Weaponised by the BJP. 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 politicised it - to BJP that weaponised it. A brilliant article in Scroll - https://scroll.in/article/1027571/how... - 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 ? ************************************************************************************ 🇮🇳 SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS 🇮🇳 -    / thedeshbhakt   ▶️ ⛔️ BECOME A DESHBHAKT MEMBER -   / thedeshbhakt   ⛔️ Unlock MEMBER ONLY: 1) Chats 2) Discord Server 3) Special Episodes 👕 DESHBHAKT MERCH - India's First Line of Socially & Politically aware tees 👕 https://kadakmerch.com/collections/th... 📧 BUSINESS ENQUIRIES - contact (at) thedeshbhakt (dot) in 📧 ** SUBSCRIBE / FOLLOW US ** YouTube: -    / thedeshbhakt   Twitter :-   / thedeshbhakt   Web - https://thedeshbhakt.in/ Instagram :-   / akashbanerjee.in   Facebook :-   / akashbanerjee.in   Podcast - https://anchor.fm/thedeshbhakt Chapter Heads : 00:00 - ED a political tool ? 02:40 - Maha-politics & 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... https://indianexpress.com/article/ind... https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story... #maharashtrapoliticalcrisis #devendrafadnavis #enforcementdirectorate