The Trinamool Congress today lashed out at the BJP for "politically manipulating" central agencies for political witch-hunting and accused it of suffering from "Abhishek-phobia" in the backdrop of the ED summoning its leader Abhishek Banerjee
Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the investigation into the alleged teachers' recruitment scam in Bengal. The summons was sent yesterday, the Trinamool leader's birthday.
The CBI on Wednesday filed a fresh FIR against Trinamool Congress MLA Manik Bhattacharya in the teachers' recruitment scam in West Bengal. The FIR was filed after Bhattacharya was questioned by the agency.
Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee urged party workers to fight against "outsiders who think that they can win the upcoming panchayat polls in West Bengal and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by using central forces."
The Trinamool Congress and BJP in West Bengal are attacking each other over the alleged disrespect to the Thakurbari Temple, a shrine of the electorally significant Matua community, which both the TMC and the BJP have been trying to reach out to.