The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on August 30 issued a summon to Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the coal pilferage scam. The ED has asked the Diamond Harbour MP to appear before its Kolkata office on September 2.
The summon comes a day after both party chairperson Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee, while speaking at a public meeting, had expressed apprehension that summons might be issued from Central investigating agencies to key leaders of the party.
The Trinamool Congress in a series of tweets targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Central agency. “After every successful show of AITC’s organizational strength, @BJP4India gets rattled into action. Our leaders are being summoned by the @dir_ed yet again. This shameful attempt to cow us down will not work! Our integrity will shine through your slander!,” the TMC tweeted from its official handle.
