New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after her nephew and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Abhishek Banerjee’s spouse Rujira was stopped from boarding a UAE-bound flight. Speaking to reporters, Mamata described it as nothing however an ‘inhumane’ act.
“Rujira Banerjee’s mother is unwell and her health is deteriorating… She was going abroad to meet her ailing mother. The Supreme Court has not imposed any restrictions on her foreign tours. The apex court only asked her to inform the ED once before going out of the country and she had informed the ED well in advance about her scheduled tour,” Mamata Banerjee mentioned.
The TMC supremo added that the ED might have denied her permission at that time limit however as an alternative, she was stopped from boarding the flight on Monday morning.
“Handing her the summon at the airport and asking her to come back on June 8 is nothing but an inhumane act,” the West Bengal CM added.
She mentioned the Centre will not be ‘ashamed’ over the rising deaths within the June 2 Odisha journey prepare accident. Instead of serving to the individuals, they’re making an attempt to divert consideration from the whole incident, she mentioned.
Rujira reportedly reached Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata together with her two kids round 7 am on Monday and was stopped earlier than immigration.
Last yr, the ED questioned her in reference to the coal pilferage case. The CBI had additionally questioned her in 2021 in the identical case.
Dare ED to arrest me or my spouse: Abhishek Banerjee
Abhishek Banerjee on Monday mentioned the ‘harassment’ of his household was aimed toward stopping his outreach marketing campaign forward of the panchayat elections in West Bengal. Addressing a press convention in Singur in Hooghly district, he additionally dared the ED to arrest him or his spouse.
“I will not bow my head before anyone apart from the masses. The ED has summoned my wife, as they (BJP) want this outreach campaign to stop. The BJP is afraid of the public support for the campaign, and that is why they are harassing my family,” he claimed.
Abhishek additionally claimed that the ED’s motion of stopping his spouse from flying overseas violated a Supreme Court order, which said that there have been no international journey restrictions on the couple.
“I dare the ED to arrest me or my wife if they have any proof of corruption. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP can’t fight us politically, so they are harassing us. If they want, they can also arrest my kids,” he added.
The TMC MP said that he would transfer to courtroom towards the ‘violation’ of the SC order.
