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.
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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.
