Arrested TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Monday said the Narendra Modi Government won’t let them free till the completion of the Budget Session of the Parliament.
“The TMC is opposing the demonetisation decision of the Modi Government. We are raising our voices in the Parliament. So they will not let us free till the end of the Budget Session,” said Bandyopadhyay while being escorted to be produced in a local court after completion of his six-day CBI remand.
Budget Session of the Parliament would begin from January 31.Besides, Bandyopadhyay the CBI has arrested TMC MP Tapas Paul for their alleged complicity with the tainted Rose Valley chit fund company. While Paul is now in judicial custody after undergoing grilling by the Central agency in two phases, the CBI has prayed the Special CBI court to take Bandyopadhyay for a fresh remand of eight-days.
Meanwhile, Bandyopadhyay’s wife Naina Bandyopadhyay too blasted Narendra Modi and charged that the CBI has become ‘Modi Custody.’ She also visited the CBI office for third consecutive day. However, the reason of her visit was not ascertained.
On the other hand the TMC has planned a mega protest rally in front of the State Assembly protesting the ‘illegal’ arrest of party MPs.
TMC secretary general Partha Chatterjee, general secretary Subrata Bakshi and two other leaders Chandrima Bhattacharya and Manish Gupta have already arrived in the city to take part in the rally.
Some TMC workers also staged a protest in front the CBI office decrying the ‘autocratic attitude of Modi Government’ against the party.