Lok Sabha Elections News: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, during a public rally in Cooch Behar ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (
Congress alleges probe agencies misused to extort donations for BJP. Demands Supreme Court-monitored probe, white paper on BJP s finances. Questions institutional independence, legal extortion, and impact on democracy. Will take legal action and fight in court and with the people.
JMM leader Hemant Soren criticizes the BJP-led Centre for targeting him through probe agencies. Soren, arrested by the ED, says efforts are being made to topple the JMM government in Jharkhand. He alleges that the probe agency s action is aimed at mentally harassing anti-BJP leaders. Soren asserts that the JMM will protect what they have built. Before his arrest, Soren tenders his resignation as chief minister at the Raj Bhavan in Ranchi.