New Delhi: Several BJP workers were injured when activists of the student’s wing of Trinamool Congress attacked the state party headquarters with stones to protest the arrest of the TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay in Rose Valley chit fund scam case, police said.
BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha alleged that 10-15 party workers were injured when Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad activists pelted them with stones.
Carrying TMC flags and shouting slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the agitated party workers accused the BJP of pursuing vendetta politics.
Sinha said five to six cars belonging to the party were damaged and Modi’s effigies set alight, he said.
Earlier, Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay was arrested by the CBI for his alleged involvement in Rs 60,000 Cr (approx) Rose Valley group chit fund scam.
Bandyopadhyay was arrested hours after he reached at CBI office for questioning. “I have come to clarify my position on whatever questions they have,” he had said before he went inside for questioning.
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Reacting to Bandyopadhyay’s arrest, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee came down heavily on PM Modi and said that he is using CBI and Enforcement Directorate to terrorise opposition. Ms Banerjee took to twitter and said;
This arrest has been made under pressure from the PMO: Mamata Banerjee
— AITC (@AITCofficial) January 3, 2017
Chitfunds mushroomed under CPI(M). Babul Supriyo and Sujan Chakraborty must be arrested next: Mamata Banerjee
— AITC (@AITCofficial) January 3, 2017
From tomorrow, Trinamool will launch protests and dharnas: Mamata Banerjee
— AITC (@AITCofficial) January 3, 2017
She was also quoted saying that;
“BJP and Akali Dal leaders were also involved in Pearl chit fund scam. Bandhopadhyay is a senior leader… he should not have been arrested like this,” she said, adding, “Such steps will destroy the democracy in the country.”
“Tomorrow, TMC will protest in Kolkata over arrest of party MP Sudip Bandhopadhyay. On January 9, 2017, protest will start in 10 states on Demonetisation”.
“We will take the battle forward legally, it has come to notice that lawyers are being threatened and judges are being influenced,” she added.
Taking potshots at PM Modi, Mamata Said,” PM Modi doesn’t understand Indian politics.” “Amit Shah and Narendra Modi should also be arrested. He tries to silence his opponents using scare tactics,” she said.
This is the second TMC MP to be arrested in the Rose valley ponzi scam. On December 30, actor-turned-Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal was arrested by the CBI for his alleged involvement in the scam.
Tapas Pal’s daughter Sohini too appeared before the CBI for interrogation in Bhubaneswar for the second time
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, “Bengal’s image has been tarnished by scams.”
“The case is being directed by the judiciary. I don’t see this as a case of political vendetta. But at the same time, the CBI is being used by the centre,” he added.
Saradha scam and Rose Valley scam is believed to be the biggest Ponzi in India.
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