Overview
- West Bengal police, which registered the case Friday, booked TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and election law sections after a complaint over allegedly inflammatory campaign remarks including a taunt about a “godfather from Delhi.”
- At an administrative meeting Saturday in Diamond Harbour, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari ordered police across the state to investigate post-2021 political violence and to file FIRs for murders and assaults that were never pursued.
- Adhikari said Kolkata Municipal Corporation records show 24 properties linked to Leaps and Bounds, a firm repeatedly tied in reporting to Banerjee, and he hinted at a probe into those assets.
- Security has been tightened for the May 21 Falta repoll, with arrests of several local TMC figures including a close aide to candidate Jahangir Khan after the Election Commission scrapped the April 29 vote over complaints such as taped EVM buttons.
- The TMC called the actions political vendetta as Mamata Banerjee turned to the Calcutta High Court, which directed the state to maintain order and ensure safe return for people who fled reported post-result attacks.