Trinmool Congress

On Thursday evening, hours after ED delivered the summon, Banerjee said that if necessary, he would face the ED questioning only after the panchayat elections in the state are over on July 8. "This is a clear attempt to spoil my ongoing mass outreach programme. I am never scared of facing questioning. But at this point of time, I do not.

A detailed report on the lapses of the state administration on this count will also be sent to President Draupadi Murmu, he added.

On Monday, the CBI sent a notice to Banerjee directing him to be present at the agency's Nizam Palace office in central Kolkata for questioning on the allegations levelled by expelled youth Trinamool Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh. The notice reached the Trinamool leader a couple of hours after the Supreme Court stayed.

Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju vehemently opposed Gokhale's bail application before a bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and Vikram Nath, but they noted that a charge sheet has already been filed in the matter. Taking into consideration the nature of the allegation and that the charge sheet has already been filed, we are inclined to grant.

Addressing a public rally in Alipurduar district in North Bengal, the Trinamool Lok Sabha member said the narrative will be that the Union government is depriving the people of rural Bengal by holding back funds under different centrally-sponsored projects out of vendetta after being rejected by the people of the state in the 2021 Assembly polls.

The meeting was as brief, lasting just 30 minutes, and neither Banerjee or Kumaraswamy made any comment on the proceedings. However, Trinamool Congress insiders aware of the proceedings of the meeting claimed that Kumaraswamy invited the West Bengal Chief Minister to come to Karnataka and campaign gainst the BJP.

The proposed venue for the rally is the base of Sahid Minar in central Kolkata, a land which comes under the jurisdiction of the Indian Army. However, complexities have arised since a joint forum of state government employees is holding a marathon protest demonstration at the same place for around two months now, demanding payment.