The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate in a plea filed by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and his wife Rujira Banerjee, who have approached the Court seeking to quash the ED summons in a case of alleged money laundering in the West Bengal Coal Scam.
It is not a secret that Congress (interim) president Sonia Gandhi wants a broad-based alliance with Trinamool Congress (TMC) for the forthcoming elections. The bonhomie has been given the official stamp of approval. Even in the last elections – despite Adhir Chowdhury’s somewhat unfavourable comments....
The petition before the Supreme Court alleges that right after the declaration of legislative results, the Trina Mool Congress supporters started creating unrest for the simple reason that they had supported BJP in Assembly elections.
The minor, belonging to a Scheduled Caste community, has alleged that she was gang-raped, solely for her family’s political affiliations and for her religious beliefs.
The signs about and around Mukul were clear, from his skipping a major BJP Pradesh committee meeting to his wife, who is suffering from Covid, being visited by Mamata’s nephew Abhisekh Banerjee in hospital.
The Calcutta High Court’s somewhat hurried decision to stay the bail order of the CBI Special judge on four Trinamool Congress leaders has drawn some uncomfortable questions from legal luminaries.
The council of ministers of the government of West Bengal, in its first meeting on May 17, 2021, took the decision to set up a legislative council. In its manifesto, the Trinamool Congress had promised the formation of the council.
Other petitions have also alleged that BJP sympathizers and members have been allegedly targeted by Trinamool Congress “goons” and there was a situation of “terror” in the state.