Congress president Rahul Gandhi had removed party's West Bengal unit president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, replacing him with Somendra Nath Mitra. Chowdhury had been appointed as the chairman of the state campaign committee.
Even as Congress president Rahul Gandhi extended his support to Mamata Banerjee in the CBI vs Kolkata Police ruckus, Bengal Congress MP from Behramopore Adhir Chowdhury wondered why Mamata Banerjee was throwing such a fit because CBI wanted to investigate Kolkata's top police officer.
He said that the Congress wanted the Chit Fund scam investigated and it’s imperative that the CBI find the guilty and punish them. He rued that the CBI investigation hadn’t gone as fast as planned.
He said he wouldn’t comment on the legality of CBI raiding the Kolkata Police Commissioner, that was best left to the courts, he wondered why Mamata was so worried.
He said: “CBI went to a police commissioner's house. Why is Mamata worried about this police officer? The only logical explanation is that the police officer did work on behalf of Mamata and she’s worried that if the CBI asks questions, she will get caught.”
Raising more questions about a Mahagatbandhan, he said Mamata Banerjee was trying to destroy Congress in the party and was jailing Congress workers on fake cases.
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He added: “I think it's drama for a CM to sit in dharna for a police office.”
Asked about different with his central leadership, he said: “I am not going against party line, we are seeing it in a broader perspective. Everyone knows CBI can be misused."
Congress president Rahul Gandhi had removed party's West Bengal unit president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, replacing him with Somendra Nath Mitra. Chowdhury had been appointed as the chairman of the state campaign committee.
Political analysts feel that Chowdhury was removed as West Bengal Congress Pradesh Congress president for his staunch anti-Mamata Banerjee view. While Chowdhury had been pushing for an alliance with the Left Front in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he raised questions each time the Congress' central leadership tilted towards the Trinamool Congress.
1. What Rahul Gandhi said
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Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday called up West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and extended support to her, saying the entire opposition is together and it will defeat the fascist forces.
He alleged the events in West Bengal were part of an unrelenting attack on India'a institutions by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP.
He said the Congress stood shoulder to shoulder with Banerjee who is on an overnight protest dharna against CBI's attempt to question Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar in connection with chit fund scams.
"The entire opposition will stand together and defeat these fascist forces," he tweeted.
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This led to BJP sharing old snippets of Rahul Gandhi slamming Mamata Banerjee over the Chit Fund Scam, Syndicate Raj and Saradha Scam. They also wrote: “Diagnosed: Multiple Personality Disorder is characterized by atleast two distinct and enduring personality states - there is trouble remembering certain events, beyond ordinary forgetfulness. These states alternately show in person's behavior. Get well soon, Rahul ji.”
2. Need President's rule in Bengal: Babul Supriyo
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Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Monday demanded imposition of President's rule in West Bengal as he slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of aligning with those indulging in corruption.
The MP from Asansol in West Bengal also alleged that Banerjee was doing a "drama" and creating a constitutional crisis to shield her "corrupt and tainted accomplices".
"President's Rule should be imposed on West Bengal to control this 'Rogue' #TMchhi Govt under a corrupt CM Mamta Banerjee. This is a constitutional crisis 'created' by Mamata to shield her corrupt & tainted accomplices (sic)," Supriyo said in a tweet.
3. Satyagraha for country: Mamata
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In an unprecedented development Sunday evening, Banerjee sat on a dharna, protesting the CBI's attempt to quiz Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar in connection with chit fund scams.
Banerjee said Monday she will continue her "Satyagraha till the country and its Constitution are saved". The chief minister skipped meals and remained awake the entire night on a makeshift dais here along with some senior ministers and party members.
Supriyo, the Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, said it was "shameful that the opposition raises a hue and cry forgetting that this is about a police officer who is accused of destroying and tampering evidence connected to a scam where almost (Rs) 35,000 crore belonging to the rural poor of WB, has been looted".
He alleged that leaders of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TNC) were involved in the scam.
