Coal pilferage scam: Abhishek Banerjee’s wife expresses inability to appear before ED citing Covid situation
The Hindu
Rujira Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee sere asked to the appear before the ED on September 1 and September 3 respectively
Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee’s wife Rujira on September 1 expressed her inability to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in New Delhi in connection with the coal pilferage scam citing the prevailing Covid situation, and requested the agency sleuths to visit her Kolkata residence instead. The ED had summoned TMC general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife for questioning in a money laundering case linked to an alleged coal scam in West Bengal. Ms. Rujira Banerjee was asked to the appear before the ED on September 1, and the TMC leader, who is the nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on September 3.The Shakti Scheme in Karnataka has completed its first year, yet the smart cards intended for the beneficiaries remain undistributed. According to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, while the smart cards have been prepared, their issuance has been stalled due to the absence of electronic ticketing machines (ETMs) in all buses, making them impractical.
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