After ED stops Abhishek Banerjee’s wife at airport, TMC MP challenges agency to arrest her

Singur: Senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee, whose wife Rujira was allegedly stopped from boarding a UAE-bound flight on Monday, said his family was “harassed” by the panchayat elections in West Bengal. The first was done with the aim of stopping his campaign.

Addressing a press conference at Singur in Hooghly district, he dared the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to arrest him or his wife. “I will not bow my head to anyone except the public. The ED has summoned my wife because they (BJP) want to stop this outreach campaign. The BJP is afraid of public support for the campaign, and that’s why they are trying to stop my campaign. troubling the family,” he claimed.

Abhishek, nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, claimed that the ED’s action to stop his wife from traveling abroad violated a Supreme Court order which said there was no foreign travel ban on the couple.

“I challenge ED to arrest me or my wife if they have any evidence of corruption. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP cannot fight us politically, so they are troubling us. If they want to So you can arrest my kids too.” ” They said.

The TMC MP said he would move court against the “violation” of the Supreme Court order. Her lawyer said that Rujira Banerjee was reportedly stopped from boarding a UAE-bound flight citing a “lookout” notice by the ED, asking her to appear before them on June 8.

Sources said Rujira along with her two children had reached Kolkata’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport around 7 am and were stopped before immigration. Abhishek has been touring the state since April as part of his Trinamool Nabojowar (New Wave in Trinamool) campaign ahead of the panchayat polls.