Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has condemned party leader Sanjay Raut's arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Patra Chawl land scam and claimed the action was politically motivated.

"ED, which is no more Enforcement Directorate but an 'Extended Department' of the Bharatiya Janata Party, is working as part of a political conspiracy and compromising the constitutional institution," she claimed.