The BJP is using central agencies against us, claimed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, shortly after the Enforcement Directorate summoned Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee in an alleged concealing case involving coal smuggling.
While the MP from Diamond Harbour has been asked to look before the agency in national capital on September 6, his wife has been asked to seem before them on September 1.
Challenging the BJP to fight against her party politically, the Chief Minister said, “Why are you unleashing the ED against us. Against your one case we’ll raise bagfuls. we all know the way to fight back. we all know the history of Gujarat.”
Stepping up the counter attack, Mamata Banerjee noted that allocation of rights for natural resources like coal comes under the purview of the central government.
“No use pointing fingers at the Trinamool for corruption in coal. it’s under the centre. What about its ministers? What about the BJP leaders who looted the coal belt of Bengal, the Asansol region,” she said at the party’s foundation day programme.
Taking aim at the centre’s recently announced National Monetisation Pipeline plan – where underutilised government assets are monetisatised by bringing in camera participation – Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP government of trying to sell the country’s assets.
“The government is trying to sell of the country. Railways, airports, PSUs…they want to sell everything off. are you able to sell the soil of the country?” Ms Banerjee said.
The government will monetise assets worth ₹ 1.6 lakh crore from the roads sector, ₹ 1.5 lakh crore from the railway sector and ₹ 79,000 crore from the ability sector, said NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant. The centre will monetise ₹ 20,800 crore from airports, ₹ 13,000 crore from ports, ₹ 35,000 crore from telecom, ₹ 11,500 crore from stadiums and ₹ 45,200 crore from power transmission sectors.
