Suvendu Adhikari threatened us with tax raids in Assembly, claim TMC MLAs
India Today
Two MLAs - Krishna Kalyani and Soumen Rai - have accused BJP's Suvendu Adhikari of threatening them on the floor of the House with Income Tax raids on their homes.
Bengal MLA Krishna Kalyani, who quit BJP last year to join the Trinamool Congress (TMC), has accused BJP MLA and the Leader of Opposition in the Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari of threatening him on the floor of the House with tax raids at his home for disrupting his speech during the Budget session.
Suvendu Adhikari, once a close aide of Mamata Banerjee who defected to the BJP ahead of the 2021 Bengal polls, refuted the claim, saying that if he did threaten an MLA on the floor of the House, the records would show it. MLAs will have to produce evidence if and when a privilege motion is brought against him based on these charges. "Whatever I have said is recorded inside the House as per rules. A copy is also given to MLAs. Bring that copy and show it to me," Adhikari demanded.
“I had clearly heard him (Suvendu Adhikari). He had said that he would send Income Tax officials to my residence," Kalyani alleged.
Speaking on the issue, Mamata Banerjee said the incident proved who controls the Income Tax Department in West Bengal. "It proves who controls the central agency in the state. I would request the Speaker to take care of it," she said, reported news agency PTI.
Also Read: | Suvendu Adhikari takes a dig at 'Bihari babu' Shatrughan Sinha with TMC MLA’s anti-Bihar rant
Another MLA, Soumen Rai, alleged that he too was threatened with I-T raids by the BJP leader when he spoke against Suvendu Adhikari’s objection to Mamata Banerjee's speech. “I have informed the Speaker,” he said.
Krishna Kalyani had contested and won the election on a BJP ticket. He joined the TMC in October, 2021 after a showcause notice was served to him by the BJP for speaking against the party's Raiganj MP and former Union Minister Debasree Chaudhuri. Soumen Rai won the Kaliang Assembly Seat in 2021 on a BJP ticket before defecting to the Trinamool Congress.
The Iranian embassy in New Delhi thanked India and Kashmir for sending humanitarian aid, then quietly deleted the posts. Could pressure and online vitriol from Pakistan-based users be to blame?
The incident is believed to have taken place between 2 am and 3 am on Sunday. The viral footage of the incident showed the luxury car executing high-speed turns and repeated drifts at the Anil Kumble Circle in Bengaluru.
Lalu Prasad Yadav's elder son, Tej Pratap, is speaking of wisdom and devotion again. He's no longer the Krishna bhakt that he was. He is now sporting saffron attire in Reels, and is propagating Shiva bhakti. His new Instagram handle is SantTejPratapYadav. After political and personal isolation, Teju bhaiya seems to have found solace in Rudraksha, Shiva bhajans and the Shiva Puran.
"At that time, we did not know that one of them was an Indian billionaire," a Maldives official said after rushing to aid victims of a speedboat crash involving industrialist Gautam Singhania.
Authorities said the metro tunnel lies approximately 80 to 100 feet below ground level. The breach was discovered near Mandai Metro Station, raising safety concerns.
Randhawa had accused the former minister of pressurising him to allocate a tender for a Godown to his father, Sukhdev Singh Bhullar. Before his death, the officer had also written to his seniors, accusing Bhullar of forcing him to falsely confess to taking bribes for tenders.
According to exclusive information from top defence sources, the operation is being conducted with the highest degree of caution and minimal publicity to ensure the safe evacuation and transit of Indian-flagged cargo ships.
According to the Delhi Fire Service, the bus lost control and overturned near the Jhandewalan Temple in Delhi's Karol Bagh area. The department added that the bus, carrying at least 25 passengers, came from neighbouring Rajasthan.
Rohit Pawar, nephew of late Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, has filed a zero FIR in Bengaluru over the January 28 plane crash in Baramati that killed his uncle and four others. Rohit Pawar has alleged a "larger criminal conspiracy" behind the crash.
With the passage of the bill, BJP-ruled Gujarat became the second state in the country to pass the UCC Bill. Uttarakhand became the first state to pass a UCC Bill in February 2024.
