New Delhi, Aug 19: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today said in Lok Sabha that a large posse of excise officials, helped by security forces, conducted raids last night at the residence of party general secretary Amar Singh and some factories in Ghaziabad, from where he had resigned six years ago. Raising the issue soon after the House assembled, Yadav said the officials, who carried out the raids from 2300 hours to 0200 hours, "did not know that Amar Singh had resigned from the companies six years ago" and urged Speaker Manohar Joshi to set up a committee of MPs to probe the incident.
He said the officers "insulted" Amar Singh's aged father and brother during the raid at his House.
Yadav also alleged that some officers, whom he did not name, had also threatened to write a report against Amar Singh "to teach him a lesson when parliament was in session".
He said raids reflected an "undeclared emergency" imposed by the government.
Responding to this, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said she would inform Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee about Yadav's statement. "If he (Vajpayee) wishes to respond, he will do so when he replies to the debate (on no-confidence motion) this evening," she said. Bureau Report