The Trinamool Congress workers on 4 January marched towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence a protest against the arrest of TMC MP.
The workers are also urging the Prime Minister to get BJP MP Babul Supriyo arrested. According to reports, some of the MPs have also been detained by the Delhi Police. Meanwhile, a number of TMC MPs complained that they were manhandled by the police.
Delhi: TMC leaders including Kalyan Banerjee and Saugata Roy protest after being detained at Tughlaq Road Police Station pic.twitter.com/0kiB1sfyLr
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Hours after TMC MP and lawmaker Sudip Bandyopadhyay was arrested on January 2, the Bhartiya Janata Party headquarters in Kolkata was allegedly attacked by the Trinamool congress student wing workers. Earlier today, TMC supporters also staged a rail-roko protest in Cooch Behar.
Bhubaneswar(Odisha): TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay being taken to court from CBI office, he is arrested in connection to a chit fund scam case pic.twitter.com/GwEDaMTAoy
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West Bengal: TMC supporters stage a rail-roko protest in Cooch Behar over arrest of TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay pic.twitter.com/LI8ElvLpu8
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The TMC workers pelted stones over the BJP office and express their rage against the arrest.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and blamed the central government over the arrest of the TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay. Mamata Banerjee slammed PM Modi saying that he does not understand politics and he has purposely got TMC leader arrested because she protested against demonetisation drive.
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She further went on to challenge the Prime Minister asserting that he cannot do anything and would be ultimately unsuccessful in suppressing the voice of the people.
Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay was arrested on 3 January in connection with the Rose Valley Ponzi scam.
This is the second TMC MP to be arrested in the Rose Valley case. While visiting the CBI office for questioning, Sudip had claimed that it was only vendetta politics and that he was ready to face interrogation with honesty.
The arrest came just days after Bengali film actor and TMC MP Tapas Paul was arrested by the CBI after he reached the CBI office.
Earlier this year, a charge sheet had been filed by the CBI against Rose Valley chairman Gautam Kundu and three other accused. The firm was charged with defrauding depositors from across the country of Rs 17,000 crore, out of which Rs 450 crore was received by the ponzi firm from Odisha alone.
