Kolkata:

The Trinamool Congress on Sunday stated its normal 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 have interaction with politically.

In a submit on X, the occasion stated 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 crew of IT officers arrived and extensively searched it.

“As a substitute of eradicating the @NIA_India DG and SP, @ECISVEEP and @BJP4India selected to deploy minions from IT to look and raid my chopper and safety personnel at this time, leading to no findings,” Mr Banerjee stated on X.

“When the Earnings Tax officers could not discover something, a annoyed crew 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 occasion stated.

These actions, based on Mr Banerjee, are proof that “the BJP is trembling in relation to Bengal… they wish 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 ways 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 will exert all their would possibly, however Bengal’s spirit of resistance won’t ever waver.”

TMC Rajya Sabha MP and occasion 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 stated the TMC’s outcry over the raid signifies that the occasion’s leaders are apprehensive about their ill-gotten wealth.

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

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