West Bengal Congress to boycott Sibal, Singhvi for supporting TMC in Narada case
Party MLA Abdul Manna, one of the petitioners in the case, said, "It is obvious that it has hurt us. We have informed the matter to Sonia Ji and Rahul Ji. They know everything".
In Short
- Congress state president has informed the party high command on the dissent
- Congress will start protests against the Trinamool government
- Mamata Banerjee has alleged that the sting was a BJP conspiracy
Angry with its central leadership, the Bengal unit of Congress has decided to boycott two of its senior leaders - Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi. The move comes after the two Congress leaders represented the Trinamool Congress government in the Narada sting case at the Supreme Court this week.
Ironically, it was a PIL filed by the party's Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Abdul Mannan that led to the Calcutta High Court ordering CBI to prove the case. In fact Congress state president Adhir Chowdhury is reported to have communicated the dissent among party ranks to the high command in New Delhi.
"We have decided not to invite these two leaders for any of our party programmes in West Bengal. This is not the first time. They did this in the Saradha case too. They should not have represented the Trinamool Congress in Supreme Court this time. It has hurt the sentiments of Congress workers in the state," said Debabrata Bose, general secretary of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee.
Party MLA Abdul Manna, one of the petitioners in the case, said, "It is obvious that it has hurt us. We have informed the matter to Sonia Ji and Rahul Ji. They know everything".
CONGRESS TO PROTEST ON STREETS
Meanwhile Congress has decided to hit the streets against the Mamata Banerjee administration after the Supreme Court refused to interfere with the Calcutta High Court verdict ordering CBI probe into the Narada sting operation.
Terming the Narada sting as a BJP conspiracy, Trinamool Supremo Mamata Banerjee has said, "Investigation will bring out the truth. The Narada footage was first shown publicly from BJP's office in West Bengal. It was done by BJP to take revenge as I had opposed some of the views of BJP during the 2014 Lok Sabha election".
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