A day after Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan was arrested in reference to the mob assault on an Enforcement Directorate (ED) crew, Trinamool Congress suspended him from the social gathering for six years.
In a press meet to announce the transfer, the social gathering’s leaders slammed the BJP and dared it to behave in opposition to tainted leaders in its ranks.
Senior social gathering chief Derek O’Brien stated the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress stands by the individuals and takes ”no nonsense, whoever you might be”. ”If in case you have harm or are alleged to have harm the individuals, we stroll the speak,” he stated.
Bengal minister Bratya Basu questioned why the BJP has not acted in opposition to leaders corresponding to Himanta Biswa Sarma regardless of a number of allegations in opposition to them. ”The BJP isn’t Trinamool Congress that it’s going to droop a pacesetter as quickly as he’s arrested. As a result of the opposite title of BJP is washer. So if somebody from our social gathering is suspended after which seen in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally, we can’t be stunned,” he stated.
The Trinamool chief stated that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had instructed Calcutta Excessive Court docket to cease Bengal police from arresting Sheikh Shahjahan, who was on the run for 55 days. ”They wished to maintain the Sandeshkhali difficulty alive until the Prime Minister’s Bengal journey. After our chief Abhishek Banerjee’s comment on the excessive courtroom’s keep and the courtroom’s clarification, we went forward and arrested Sheikh Shahjahan,” the minister stated. ”Solely Trinamool Congress can set such an instance.” The minister stated the individuals should bear in mind the instance of ”raj dharma” set by Ms Banerjee.
Trinamool MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar questioned why the ED didn’t arrest Shahjahan for thus lengthy.
Senior Trinamool chief Abhishek Banerjee had earlier claimed {that a} excessive courtroom that paused the probe in opposition to the strongman had tied up the Bengal police’s fingers. The courtroom later clarified the state cops have been free to arrest the strongman.
The Sandeshkhali strongman is on the centre of significant allegations levelled by residents of the island in North 24 Parganas district. The residents have accused Shahjahan and his aides of land seize and extortion. Costs of sexual harassment have additionally surfaced.
Shahjahan was on the run for 55 days, and the BJP had accused the ruling Trinamool of defending him. Following his arrest, Chief of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari stated it was a ”mutual settlement” between the strongman and Bengal cops. ”Except central companies take him into their custody, individuals there will not get justice,” he has stated.
Sharing a video by which Shahjahan is seen coming into a Bengal courtroom, BJP chief Amit Malviya stated Bengal police ”is escorting Sheikh Shahjahan like they’d escort CM Mamata Banerjee”.
”All nowadays, Sheikh Shahjahan was below the safety of WB Police. As quickly as Calcutta Excessive Court docket allowed ED and CBI to arrest Sheikh Shahjahan, Mamata Banerjee’s police took management of him,” he alleged.