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PM Modi spoke to two BJP candidates - one each from Bengal and Kerala yesterday, he today spoke to BJPs Krishnanagar nominee Rajmata Amrita Roy.
The Prime Minister spoke about his commitment to fight corruption. “We are fighting for a corruption-free country. There is a clear divide-when we are fighting against corruption, there is another side which is fighting for corruption,” Modi said. Modi told the BJP candidate to inform people of Krishnanagar, while campaigning about Modis intent to find a way to look into legal options, to return the money, which was allegedly attached by the Enforcement Directorate, after coming back to power.
According to senior officers in the directorate, a senior advocate from Kolkata has also been summoned by the ED in connection with the case. Moitra has been accused of taking Rs 2 crore in cash, as well as 'luxury gift items', from Hiranandani to ask questions critical of the government in Parliament
Amrita Roy, the erstwhile royal of Bengal's Krishnagar who will take on Trinamool Congress's Mahua Moitra, told NDTV today that given the law and order situation in the state, she thought she had a role to play.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said that he was exploring legal measures to return the nearly Rs.3,000 crore money “looted” from poor people in West Bengal and attached by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).