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Trinamool Congress candidates contesting Assembly polls summoned by investigating agencies weeks up of the high-stakes West Bengal Assembly elections. At slightest 2 candidates of the ruling party have been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate and the National Investigating Agency implicit the past fewer days.
TMC enactment accused the Bharatiya Janta Party of utilizing the cardinal agencies to harass their candidates.
Bhangabanpur candidate from the ruling party, Manab Kumar Parua was asked to look earlier the NIA officials connected April 2. Two days back, Rashbehari candidate for TMC and sitting MLA Debasish Kumar appeared earlier the ED officials on Monday (March 30).
“Whereas it appears that you are acquainted with the circumstances of the lawsuit noted below, which I americium investigating nether Chapter XII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, you are hereby required to be earlier maine connected 02.04.2026,” the missive from NIA officials to Mr Parua stated. He has been summoned to reply questions related to his engagement successful the case.
Meanwhile, Mr Kumar was summoned successful connection with a land-grabbing case. Mr Kumar is besides a subordinate of the Mayor-in-Council (MMiC) of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). Mr Kumar’s sanction had allegedly surfaced during an probe of a backstage institution accused of land-grabbing.
“The main purpose is to necktie up the candidates successful these investigations during the elections and harass them, discarded their full day... Why couldn’t they telephone aft the elections? Why were you not progressive till present and suddenly sending summons successful aged cases from 2014-15?” elder TMC person and Beleghata candidate Kunal Ghosh accused. He further claimed that this is simply a “panic reaction” by the BJP and that the TMC “appreciates” the fear.
He came down heavy connected the BJP and said that if the BJP had religion successful their leaders, they would not person to usage cardinal agencies.
Another TMC campaigner besides echoed Mr Ghosh’s accusations and said that the cardinal agencies are being utilized to keep the TMC candidates engaged and not allow them capable clip to run for the upcoming elections.
“People volition not ballot for them (BJP)... that is why they are harassing america similar this. But the much they effort to harass us, the much the voters volition get aggravated against BJP and not ballot for them,” the TMC person said.
Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien claimed that the BJP knows they volition suffer the polls successful Bengal that is wherefore they are utilizing these “tricks” to debar a humiliating defeat.
In a related development, Shantanu Sinha Biswas, Deputy Commissioner of the Special Branch, Kolkata Police was besides summoned by ED officials successful narration to a coal sc coal scam. He has been asked to look earlier the ED officials connected April 6.
