BHUBANESWAR: Wife of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay and TMC MLA Nayna Bandyopadhyay on Thursday alleged that her husband was a ‘victim of political vendetta’. Nayna met her husband, arrested in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund scam, at the CBI office here.
“What evidence or proof do they have against him (Sudip)? He has been a victim of political vendetta,” she said adding that her husband was arrested for ‘raising the demonetisation issue in Parliament’.
Alleging that the CBI did not even have minimum decorum, the TMC MLA said, “They (CBI) asked him to go to their office and later, arrested him. We did not know why was he arrested. Even a local police station would not do something like this. It would at least inform the charges before making an arrest.” Meanwhile, the Opposition BJP and Congress continued their attack on the ruling BJD for alleged involvement of its leaders in the Rose Valley chit fund scam.
Stating that the BJD and TMC have an undeclared alliance, vice-president of the State BJP Sameer Mohanty on Thursday said the ruling party in Odisha has agreed to help TMC organise January 10 rally planned by the party here.
Mohanty alleged that though two and a half years have passed since the Government’s assurance, the chit fund scam-affected investors are yet to get back their money. The Congress also demanded that leaders of the ruling BJD involved in the Rose Valley chit fund scam should be interrogated by the CBI.
