Accusing the BJP-led government at the Centre of indulging in a politics of “blackmailing”, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that “coal and cattle” are under Union Home Ministry, adding that if notice is served to her “family”, she will fight it legally. Ms. Banerjee said that it is becoming difficult to get justice these days but she has faith in the judiciary.
The remarks by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson comes a day after it came to the fore that summons have been issued to party general secretary and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee in the coal pilferage scam. Mr. Banerjee has been asked to appear before Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata on September 2.
On Wednesday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids in both the SSC recruitment scam and cattle smuggling scam. The agency has identified 100 more properties of close aides of arrested TMC leader Anubrata Mondal in and around Birbhum. A court in Kolkata on Wednesday also reamanded former Minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee, arrested in the recruitment scam for another 14 days of judicial custody.
