Mangaluru : Senior Congress leader B. Janardhana Poojary on Thursday alleged that the Prime Minister is “misusing” the Enforcement Directorate to harass party leaders, including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

Mr. Poojary told presspersons here that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s claim that it had no role in the National Herald case was not acceptable. “Is Subramanian Swamy not a member of the BJP? Was he not a member of the RSS when he filed the case before court,” he asked.

Cautioning the BJP, Mr. Poojary said that Mr. Swamy alone would be enough to “eliminate” the Bharatiya Janata Party from the political scene. It is the responsibility of the Union government to conduct business in Parliament smoothly, though the Opposition too had a role to play, he said.

Poojary also said he had even called Harikrishna Bantwal and had asked him to withdraw his candidature but of no avail. He also hoped that the rebels would withdraw their nomination.