Soon after the detention of the state president of the BJP's youth wing, the party's IT cell head Amit Malviya came down heavily on the West Bengal government over the incident.
Coincidentally, TMC Minister Anubrata Mondal had himself won ₹1 crore lottery in December 2021. CBI's probe into the matter revealed that he won ₹10 lakhs from another lottery in 2019 as well.
Also known as the 'lottery king', Santiago Martin has close ties with several political parties including the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Kerala, Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (DMK) in Tamil Nadu, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal and the Congress party.
Shattering the hopes of Congress for an alliance in the state, Mamata Banerjee had on 10th March 2024 announced the list of all 42 TMC candidates at a rally in Kolkata’s Brigade Ground.
"Zor se bolo azaadi/ Hum kya chahtey azaadi" Shahnawaz Ali Raihan was quoted as saying by The Telegraph during an anti-CAA protest in London outside Indian High Commission building.
Following backlash on social media, Prasun Banerjee quickly deactivated his account. He did not bother to cite any apology or reassure the residents of the Malda North constituency.
The head of the Alchemist Group, former TMC MP Kanwar Deep Singh, was arrested by the ED in January 2021 on charges of money laundering. The ED investigation also found that Alchemist Group utilized some of the money received by defrauding the public to make payments to aviation firms on behalf of TMC
Central Bureau of Investigation has summoned nine people, including some close aides and acquaintances of suspended Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh, to appear before it on Monday
"I will have to first go and verify those (testimonies) and find whether such incidents (referring to sexual violence against Sandeshkhali women by TMC goons) have actually taken place," Rachna Banerjee claimed.