TMC leaders detained for staging dharna outside EC office
Initially, the police requested the TMC leaders to vacate the area. However, upon their refusal to comply, they were subsequently detained and removed from the spot.
Initially, the police requested the TMC leaders to vacate the area. However, upon their refusal to comply, they were subsequently detained and removed from the spot.
Addressing the media, Dr Shashi Panja, said, “Some leaders are using derogatory, disgraceful remarks even against the only woman chief minister in the country. Everyone is watching this but they are so arrogant that they are not tendering any apology."
According to Mr Saha, he had made the video clip just for fun, but that the opposition made it a "conspiracy to defame" him.
“We have seen how senior TMC leaders and workers used to visit the ministers involved in scams admitted to the Woodburn Block regularly. But this time, surprisingly no senior ministers as well as leaders came calling,”
According to ED officials, as Subrata Mukherjee, Firhad Hakim and Madan Mitra are elected members of the state Assembly, the summons would be sent to them through Speaker Biman Banerjee. The summons to Sovan Chatterjee and Mirza will be sent to them directly.
"We booked them on August 10 under Section 186 (obstruction of public servants in the discharge of his public function) and 36 (common intention) of the IPC. The FIR pertains to their entry into the Khowai police station... They will be summoned," the SP stated.
The politicians under house arrest are two Bengal cabinet ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee and two former ministers Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee. They have been in judicial custody since Monday.
In Gujarat, over 2,000 people were killed, encounter deaths have occurred, says Hakim
Outraged, BJP has poured out on the streets rallying and orchestrating a march to Nabanna. Repeatedly, their workers and leaders have lashed out at the TMC regime against wanton violence unleashed on the Opposition.
The purpose of the meeting was to unite party workers and strengthen organisation.
