Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee being probed for his alleged role in the recruitment scams on Tuesday skipped appearance at the Enforcement Directorate office.
He wrote to the ED seeking time on grounds that he was busy campaigning in the panchayat elections could appear before its officials only after the polls were done.
Banerjee, also the nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote in the letter that he was travelling as part of TMC’s “Nabojowar” (New Wave) campaign, besides being busy with the July 8 panchayat poll preparations.
Besides, He said that it would take time for him to arrange for the documents that had been asked from him by the ED.
“I am unable to appreciate the scope and purport of the summon under reference in as much as you have sought information/documents which do not have any connection with the public speech delivered by me on March 29,” he wrote in the letter adding, “I am ready and willing to extend my cooperation with your ensuing investigation within the permissible limits of the law.”