In an attempt to echo the Opposition’s voice in unison, nine leaders of eight political parties on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the arrest of former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case, and alleged that the “misuse” of the central agencies suggests that the country has “transitioned from being a democracy to an autocracy”. 

The signatories of the letter are Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (AAP), West Bengal Mamata Bannerjee (TMC), Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann (AAP), Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao (BRS), party leaders Tejashwi Yadav (RJD), Sharad Pawar (NCP), Farooq Abdullah (Jammu J&K National Conference), Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena, UBT) and Akhilesh Yadav of Samajwadi Party.