Kolkata: TMC common secretary Abhishek Banerjee Monday slammed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for allegedly spreading “concocted tales” in opposition to him to the media often “to serve their political masters”. It’s “disheartening” to see that ED officers have an “unparalleled expertise” for disseminating “faux tales” in order to malign him, Banerjee stated.
“It’s actually disheartening to behold the presence of inept and incompetent people inside the ranks of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), who possess an unparalleled expertise for disseminating concocted tales to the media on a bi-weekly foundation – all within the service of their political benefactors,” Banerjee, who’s presently overseas for remedy, tweeted.
He mocked the probe company for spending taxpayers’ cash and persistently failing to current “substantive proof” earlier than the courtroom, “thereby clearly neglecting their accountability to serve the nation”.
“One can’t assist however really feel empathetic in the direction of these unlucky and annoyed souls. This leaves us no room for shock as to why ED’s conviction fee is a mere 0.5 per cent,” he tweeted.
TRUTH is MIGHTY and can PREVAIL. pic.twitter.com/d4jff2T3cq
— Abhishek Banerjee (@abhishekaitc) August 7, 2023
Banerjee, who’s the nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, had on a number of earlier events accused the central businesses of harassing him and his household.
The TMC MP was grilled by CBI officers at its Kolkata workplace for over 9 hours on Might 20 in reference to the company’s investigation into the first faculty jobs rip-off within the state.
In June the ED had served a discover to Banerjee summoning him to look earlier than it in regard to the investigation into the irregularity within the appointment in main faculties. He had declined to adjust to the summons citing his busy engagement with a mass outreach marketing campaign of the TMC.
