Sushil Modi slams Mamata Banerjee, demands suspension of Kolkata CP

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister SushilKumar Modi on Tuesday lambasted Trinamool Congress supremo MamataBanerjee for staging a dharna to protest the CBIs attempts toquestion the Kolkata Police commissioner in a chit fund caseand wondered whether the IPS officer was privy to any secretof the West Bengal chief ministerDemanding that Centre suspend the commissioner ofpolice CP for being present in Banerjees dharna Modiaccused her of helping revival of the CPIMled Left Frontwith a view to dividing antiBJP votes in the Lok Sabha pollsThe senior BJP leader also claimed that the partyspopularity was growing in the neighbouring state even as theruling TMC was losing its support baseThat was the reason the TMC government tried to thwartthe rallies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi BJP presidentAmit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi AdityanathModi told reporters hereWhen CBI had earlier questioned TMC ministers and MPsBanerjee did not have problems but she threw a fit when theagency attempted to grill Kolkata Police Commissioner RajeevKumar he saidThis makes me wonder whether she is scared that hemay divulge some of her unsavory secrets Modi saidBanerjee is on a sitin against the CBIs attempt toquestion the Kolkata Police chief in connection with chit fundscams Her protest entered the third day on TuesdayThe Supreme Court Tuesday directed Kumar to makehimself available before the CBI and faithfully cooperatewith the agency in the investigation of cases arising out of theSaradha chit fund scam probe However the judges ruled thathe could not be arrestedOn Banerjees claim that the Supreme Courts ruling that Kumar is questioned without being arrested was tantamount to her moral victory Modi said if she sees a victory in what is a smack in her face then none can anything She should explain why did her police prevent CBI sleuths from meeting Kumar on Sunday They after all wanted only to question him and not arrest him he said Modi said In reality Banerjee is scared of the growing unpopularity of her own party and the corresponding rise in the BJPs appeal She has therefore embarked on a covert attempt to revive her arch rivals the Left Front so that antiBJP votes get divided in the Lok Sabha pollsHe said The Centre should also immediately placeRajeev Kumar under suspension for joining the chief ministerin the dharna A serving officer is not supposed to indulge insuch actsKumar West Bengal Director General of Police Virendraand State Security Advisor Surajit Kar Purkayastha were withBanerjee at the dharna site for sometime on Sunday nightThe Bihar Deputy CM also took a swipe at his predecessor Tejashwi Yadav saying his father Lalu Prasad had similarly tried to thwart his own arrest in the fodder scam decades ago but he has been convicted and now in jail His younger son who owns properties worth crores at a tender age of 29 seems to be worried about his own prospects which explains his sudden dash to Kolkata to express solidarity to Banerjee Modi saidRJD leader Tejashwi Yadav came to Kolkata and metBanerjee at the dharna site on TuesdayInterestingly RJDs ally Hindustani Awam Morcha HAMdisapproved of Banerjees dharna over the CBI episodeShe might have a legitimate grouse against the CBIBut she should have gone to the court instead of staging a demonstration which was so unbecoming of a chief ministerHAM founder and former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi saidChief Minister Nitish Kumars JDU took a swipe atthe opposition Grand Alliance in the state the constituentsof which have taken divergent stands on Banerjees dharnaThis is the Mahagathbandhan Tejashwi Yadav does notvisit a Patna hospital to meet an injured RLSP chief UpendraKushwaha but rushes to another state to take part in MamataBanerjees dharna On the other hand Rahul Gandhi stays awayfrom her dharna JDU MLC and spokesman Neeraj KumartweetedCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThe article has been sourced from thirdparty source and Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text All information provided on this article is for informational purposes only