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A constabulary ailment has been filed against Trinamool Congress main Mamata Banerjee by an advocate, alleging that her caller nationalist remarks captious of law institutions and “linking the Union authorities to a governmental sidesplitting successful Bangladesh” were “prejudicial to the nation’s sovereignty and nationalist order”.
The ailment was filed connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026) by advocator Rinki Chatterjee Singh of the Calcutta High Court’s Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench astatine the Cyber constabulary presumption successful West Bengal’s Siliguri, an authoritative said.
Ms. Singh said that the erstwhile West Bengal Chief Minister had, done “various nationalist speeches, governmental platforms and media interactions”, allegedly made “provocative and inflammatory statements” against Constitutional institutions, including the Election Commission and the equipped forces deployed during the recently-held Assembly elections.
‘Creating nationalist distrust’
In her complaint, the advocator besides claimed that Ms. Banerjee had “publicly questioned the integrity, neutrality and credibility” of specified institutions, thereby “attempting to make nationalist distrust and disaffection against the State machinery”.
“Such allegations were allegedly made openly earlier the nationalist and media with the evident volition of lowering the representation and credibility of the Union authorities earlier the planetary assemblage and creating hostility betwixt 2 sovereign nations,” the advocator said successful the complaint.
Ms. Singh besides referred to a Trinamool lawsuit held astatine Rani Rashmoni Sarani successful Kolkata connected June 2, and claimed that Ms. Banerjee had stated that “she was privy to confidential discussions with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and had linked the Government of India and the Union Home Minister to a governmental sidesplitting successful neighbouring Bangladesh”.
The complainant contended that the statements were made for “achieving governmental mileage and idiosyncratic governmental advantage”, and prima facie amounted to “acts prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity and planetary lasting of India”.
Ms. Singh said the remarks were susceptible of “inciting nationalist disorder, communal unrest and disharmony among antithetic groups”, and could adversely impact diplomatic relations betwixt India and Bangladesh.
The Trinamool Congress is yet to respond to the allegations successful the complaint.
Earlier, the advocator had filed a ailment against the Trinamool supremo connected May 20, alleging that remarks made by Ms. Banerjee astatine events during 2025 and presently successful 2026 had “hurt the spiritual sentiments of Hindus”.
