The TMC revolt seems to have hit its parliamentary ranks in full steam. Earlier this week, a group of at least 20 rebel MPs met Bhupender Yadav on Monday, to discuss their plan of switching their allegience to the BJP.
CID officials were not satisfied with his answers and summoned him again on Sunday at noon. Abhishek reached the agency's office in time.
TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee struck a conciliatory tone towards Abhishek Banerjee, ruled out any merger with the Congress and accused the BJP of targeting opposition leaders in West Bengal.
The ED searched seven premises linked to TMC MLA Madan Mitra while probing alleged irregularities in municipal recruitments and suspected money laundering in West Bengal.
Police conducted an early-morning search at Abhishek Banerjee’s Kolkata residence while looking for his executive assistant Sumit Roy. The operation comes days before the Trinamool leader is due to face questioning in multiple cases.
The Trinamul Congress MPs have been asking relevant questions to the Centre on different issues.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the Election Commission and said that if the voter list has errors, the entire Lok Sabha and Union Government should be dissolved, as the same list was used to elect the Prime Minister and Union ministers.
Days after the visit of chief minister Mamata Banerjee in the flood-affected Ghatal in West Midnapore, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday led a scathing political charge against the ruling Trinamul Congress, accusing it of weaponising the long-pending Ghatal Master Plan as a mere electoral bait while abandoning the flood-prone region year after year.
BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Trinamool Congress, accusing it of fraud and termed it "unfortunate" that such leaders are representing Bengal.
Union Minister of State for Education and DoNER, Sukanta Majumdar, on Sunday afternoon, faced protests from a section of Trinamool Congress workers at Dum Dum station after the inauguration of West Bengal's first air-conditioned Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) from there.
