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Senior Trinamool Congress person and Lok Sabha MP Kalyan Banerjee connected Thursday (June 11, 2026) issued an ultimatum to its supremo Mamata Banerjee to take betwixt her nephew Abhishek Banerjee and veterans similar him, accusing the enactment nationalist wide caput of “arrogance and fluctuating mindset”.
Mr. Kalyan, besides a elder advocate, declared helium would region himself from each ineligible matters and tribunal petitions concerning Mr. Abhishek, though the MP said helium would proceed contesting cases related to the Trinamool party.
Signature forgery case
The rift betwixt the 2 leaders came to a tipping constituent aft Mr. Kalyan — who had been representing Mr. Abhishek successful the Calcutta High Court successful a signature forgery lawsuit of the CID — was allegedly informed that a abstracted writ petition was filed by the Diamond Harbour MP with respect to the hunt operations conducted by the bureau astatine the Trinamool bureau astatine Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence and Abhishek’s Camac Street office.
“The 2 cases are connected, and I had mentioned the hunt cognition contented earlier the Bench who was proceeding the signature forgery matter. The justice had listed the substance to beryllium heard connected Thursday. Later, immoderate emissaries of Abhishek came to maine to accidental that a abstracted writ has been filed connected the CID raid issue. I was taken aback since I had nary cognition of it,” Mr. Kalyan told reporters.
The advocator alleged that erstwhile helium asked wherefore helium was not taken into confidence, they told him that it was done “on directions from the top”.
“Had I known astir this, I would not person mentioned the substance earlier the justice due to the fact that 2 abstracted Benches cannot perceive the aforesaid matter. Abhishek has galore advisors, and truthful I person told the enactment I would not correspond him successful immoderate tribunal cases successful future, arsenic it is intolerable to woody with specified arrogance and fluctuating mindset. I was aboriginal informed that a inferior lawyer would contention his cases,” Mr. Kalyan said.
‘No respect for experience’
The Lok Sabha MP from Sreerampur lashed retired astatine Mr. Abhishek, alleging that the enactment wide caput showed “no respect” for his “45-year nonrecreational experience”.
“I americium not to beryllium treated similar a dustbin oregon an worker of his Camac Street office,” Mr. Kalyan asserted.
He said the shot is present successful Mamata Banerjee’s tribunal to determine connected whether to tally the Trinamool with her nephew oregon with enactment loyalists similar him.
‘Not my leader’
“I volition stay successful this enactment lone if Abhishek is removed from each enactment positions and retained lone arsenic an mean worker. Abhishek, who misbehaves with seniors and has an cognition of a boss, cannot beryllium my person successful the party. It volition not beryllium imaginable for maine to stay successful the Trinamool Congress, if helium remains the leader,” Mr. Kalyan said.
“Didi (Mamata Banerjee) indispensable instrumentality the last telephone connected whether she volition clasp her humor comparative oregon workers similar maine who person enactment successful 40 years of our lives for her and this party,” helium added.
