TMC smells unholy alliance between NIA, BJP; both reject charge
TMC alleged on Sunday an "unholy alliance" between the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and BJP ahead of elections, even as the central agency denied any mala fide intention in its probe and labelled the entire controversy as «unfortunate.» A team of the NIA was allegedly attacked by a mob on Saturday when it went to arrest two main suspects in a 2022 blast case in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district, sparking a political slugfest with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accusing the investigators of assaulting the villagers.
Amid allegations of the NIA colluding with the BJP and attacking the villagers at Bhupatinagar, the central investigating agency on Sunday dubbed the entire controversy as «unfortunate» and rejected any allegations of malice in its investigation.
TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said in a post on X, «Experience the unfolding alliance between the NIA and BJP, orchestrating conspiracies against Trinamool leaders and the Model Code of Conduct.»
«While this collusion persists, the ECI stands by, conspicuously silent, neglecting its duty to ensure fair play,» Banerjee said.
His post was preceded by a press meet in which TMC alleged that a senior state BJP leader from Paschim Bardhaman district, who had earlier been with TMC, had met an NIA SP at his apartment in the New Town area of the city on March 26 evening and handed over a list of TMC leaders from different parts of the state to be arrested by the agency ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
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