West Bengal Assembly polls | BJP cites leaked audio tapes to target Abhishek Banerjee
The Hindu
Conversation proves his complicity in coal pilferage scam, it says, TMC dismisses charges.
The BJP on Sunday targeted Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee alleging that the conversation in a recently leaked audio tape proves his complicity in the coal pilferage scam. The audio tape of an alleged conversation between a Kolkata businessman and another individual was made public by the BJP leadership. In the tape, the two persons are heard talking about how money was siphoned through coal pilferage and other illegal activities like cattle smuggling through a well-organised syndicate. Senior party leaders Suvendu Adhikari, Dinesh Trivedi and Amit Malaviya held a press conference alleging that Mr. Banerjee was a beneficiary of the scheme. Mr. Adhikari described the development as the biggest organised scam, carried out with the help of the State government. Mr. Trivedi said the audio tape was only the “tip of an iceberg”.More Related News