A special court for MPs and MLAs has summoned Union Home Minister Amit Shah to appear before it in connection with a defamation case filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and party chief Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee.
The court has asked Amit Shah to appear on February 22.
The case pertains to the allegations levied against Abhishek Banerjee by Amit Shah during a rally in August 2018.
“… Narada, Sharda, Rose Valley, Syndicate’s Corruption, Nephew’s corruption, a series of corruption has been by Mamataji,” Amit Shah told the rally in Kolkata, according to the defamation case filed by Abhishek Banerjee.
Banerjee’s complaint also refers to another quote from Amit Shah’s speech at the rally: “The residents of the villages in Bengal, has the money reached your village? Please say loudly. Has the money reached your village? Where did it go? Where? Modiji had sent it. Where did Rs 3,59,000 crore go? This has been gifted to the nephew and the syndicate.
This has been sacrificed at the altar of corruption by the Trinamool Congress.”
On Thursday, Special Court West Bengal (MP and MLA cases) issued summons to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to appear before it on February 22
