1. Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal, files a complaint against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
2. Allegations include criminal intimidation and threats made by Banerjee during a recent political event.
3. Adhikari claims a history of vexatious cases and accuses the Trinamool Congress of promoting ill will towards him and his party members.
Kolkata, Nov 25: Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, has lodged a formal complaint against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of criminal intimidation and threats during a recent political event.
Adhikari, who has faced what he alleges are vexatious cases since his political shift, claims that Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress have consistently fostered ill will and animosity towards him and his party members.
The complaint centers on Banerjee’s speech at Netaji Indoor Stadium, where she reportedly hinted that if four MLAs from her party are jailed, she will ensure the imprisonment of eight opposition party members on murder charges under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.
Banerjee, foreseeing the post-2024 Lok Sabha polls, warned the BJP that if they arrest four TMC members, she would retaliate by arresting eight from the opposition, alluding to alleged misuse of central agencies in apprehending TMC leaders on false corruption charges.
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Adhikari decried Banerjee’s speech as “provocative” and “criminally intimidating,” emphasizing that such statements, apart from being baseless, could have severe consequences, including capital punishment under the mentioned section.
The Opposition leader urged the police to register an FIR against Mamata Banerjee and others involved, citing potential violations of various sections of the Indian Penal Code. These include charges related to false information, false evidence, threatening or provoking for inducing a person to commit an offense, false charges with the intent to injure, giving false information respecting an offense committed, and statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred, or ill-will between classes, along with criminal intimidation.
