A day after their arrest in the Narada bribery case, two senior ministers of West Bengal and a Trinamool Congress leader are set to appeal the Calcutta High Court s stay on their bail granted by a court in Kolkata.
The counsel appearing for ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, TMC legislator Madan Mitra and ex-Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee told reporters in Kolkata yesterday that they mentioned the matter before a two-member division bench of the High Court, comprising acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Arijit Banerjee.
The Narada case will come up for hearing before the bench today when India s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which arrested ministers Hakim, Mukherjee, Mitra and Chatterjee is expected to move the High Court to shift the trial in the case outside Bengal.
India’s CBI arrests 4 including 2 ministers of Mamata’s cabinet over bribe
Subrata Mukherjee, Firhad Hakim,Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
India s Central Bureau of Investigation today arrested four persons, including two senior West Bengal ministers and a key leader of the state s ruling Trinamool Congress, in Kolkata in connection with a news portal s sting operation related to alleged bribery, officials said.
An angry Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached the CBI office in Kolkata s Nizam Palace where TMC workers protested against the arrest of the three senior TMC leaders, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
Two senior West Bengal ministers of Mamata Banerjee's cabinet and a key leader of ruling Trinamool Congress, who were arrested earlier today in a five-year-old case relating to a sting operation on bribery, were granted bail by a special court in Kolkata.
The meeting, participated by leaders of EU member states as well as the top leadership of the EU, also decided to launch negotiations on two other key agreement.
India and the European Union (EU) on Saturday announced their decision to resume negotiations for a balanced and comprehensive trade agreement after a gap of eight years and unveiled an ambitious connectivity partnership, during a virtual meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of 27 member nations of the bloc. In his remarks, Modi invited the EU to support a proposal by India and South Africa to waive patents on COVID-19 vaccines so that there can be equitable vaccine access for the entire world, officials said. However, there was no concrete decision on the matter from the EU side, according to EU officials.