In his first BJP rally, Roy claims Didi met Saradha boss many times

Seven days after joining BJP, former Union railway minister and Trinamool Congress number two, Mukul Roy, launched a broadside at chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday here. Roy attacked Banerjee and her nephew, Abhishek, on a number of issues ranging from the Saradha scam to dengue deaths and education to health.

He also alleged that Banerjee met Saradha boss, Sudipta Sen, several times.

Incidentally, in a 91-page letter released in 2014, Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh alleged that Banerjee met Sen at a tourist lodge in Delo. “I was present there as well,” said Roy, saying he would reveal more in the future when people will gather in lakhs.

Under orders of the Supreme Court, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing a chit fund scam involving the Saradha meltdown that sunk more than ₹2,500 crore.

“All campaign material, party literature, monograms, etc., of Trinamool are printed by a company owned by Abhishek Banerjee. Perhaps few in the ruling party know it,” Roy alleged.

The 63-year old former Rajya Sabha MP claimed that Trinamool has turned into a “limited company”, indicating that it has turned into Banerjee’s personal fiefdom. Roy also alleged that Abhishek owned a company called Biswa Bangla but did not specify his allegation against it.

Incidentally, Biswa Bangla is the umbrella brand promoted by the state government. Banerjee has designed the brand’s logo.

Trinamool secretary general and Bengal education minister, Partha Chatterjee, said, “He is merely repeating stuff.”

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