Kolkata:

The Trinamool Congress on Sunday mentioned its basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s helicopter was raided by Earnings Tax officers in Kolkata’s Behala flying membership and alleged this was a part of a deliberate ploy by the BJP to harass and intimidate opposition candidates whom they can’t interact with politically.

In a put up on X, the get together mentioned the chopper was present process a trial run at Behala Flying Membership for Mr Banerjee’s go to to Haldia in Purba Medinipur when a staff of IT officers arrived and extensively searched it.

“As an alternative of eradicating the @NIA_India DG and SP, @ECISVEEP and @BJP4India selected to deploy minions from IT to go looking and raid my chopper and safety personnel immediately, leading to no findings,” Mr Banerjee mentioned on X.

“When the Earnings Tax officers could not discover something, a pissed off staff of Mr. Modi’s males did not let the chopper fly. When Banerjee’s safety personnel requested the explanation, they (IT officers) engaged in a verbal spat and threatened to detain the chopper illegally. They opened every bag, searched each nook and nook of the chopper,” the get together mentioned.

These actions, in keeping with Mr Banerjee, are proof that “the BJP is trembling with regards to Bengal… they need to wipe out the opposition in a bid to come back to energy once more. However TMC will take the Bangla-Birodhi BJP head-on and we cannot budge an inch due to these intimidating techniques carried out by central companies on the directions of their Delhi bosses.”

The Diamond Harbour MP claimed when his safety personnel videographed the raid, IT officers forcefully had it deleted.

Labeling the BJP as “zamindars,” the TMC remarked, “they’ll exert all their may, however Bengal’s spirit of resistance won’t ever waver.”

TMC Rajya Sabha MP and get together nationwide spokesperson Derek O’Brien requested, “Did the desperados discover some fruits and fish sandwiches on board?.”

Chief of the Opposition within the West Bengal meeting, Suvendu Adhikari, informed reporters that the IT raid was a part of the drive to remove black cash from election campaigns.

Mr Adhikari mentioned the TMC’s outcry over the raid signifies that the get together’s leaders are apprehensive about their ill-gotten wealth.

“As an alternative of making a fuss over the IT raid, which was aimed toward making certain a clear ballot marketing campaign, Banerjee ought to have quietly cooperated with the officers. Is he above the legislation of the nation?” Mr Adhikari mentioned whereas campaigning for the BJP in Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency.

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