Ahead of the Bihar floor test on August 24, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided RJD MLCs Sunil Singh and Subodh Roy’s residence on Wednesday. As per ANI, the raids are being conducted in several places such as Patna, Madhubani and Darbhanga.

Apart from the aforementioned MLCs, the CBI also raided the residences of MPs Ashfaq Karim and Fayaz Ahmed.

10 officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reached Sunil Singh’s Patna home at 8 am on Wednesday, August 24. Photos by ANI also showed police and the CBI officers outside the residence of the RJD MLC.

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RJD Chairman of Biscomaun Patna, Sunil Singh, termed the CBI raids intentional.

“It is being done intentionally. There is no meaning to it. They are doing it thinking that out of fear, MLAs will come in their favor,” he said.

RJD Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha also commented on the CBI raids on Sunil Singh’s residence and other properties.

“Useless to say that it’s raid by ED or IT or CBI, it’s a raid by BJP. They work under BJP now, their offices run with BJP script. Today is Floor Test & what’s happening here? It has become predictable,” he told ANI.

“Our Deputy CM had said in the meeting yesterday that they will reach this level now. It didn’t take even 24 hours. They stooped down even lower. What is this anger? That a Govt didn’t run as per you? That it changed the alliance for public welfare?” he added.

As the raids began, supporters and RJD party workers gathered outside Sunil Singh’s home to protest the move by the CBI.

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar recently broke all ties with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the BJP and will be proving his new government’s majority in the state Legislative Assembly on August 24.

The federal agency also raided multiple locations in Jharkhand on Wednesday in connection with an ongoing investigation regarding an illegal mining and extortion case. These raid locations are connected to a person named Prem Prakash, who allegedly has strong links with politicians in the state.