SOLICITOR GENERAL DENIES MEETING SUVENDU ADHIKARI AFTER TMC SEEKS HIS REMOVAL

The All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding Tushar Mehta’s removal. This happened a day after West Bengal BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari met Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta.

TMC has alleged in the letter that Adhikari who is accused in the Narada case and Sarada Chit Fund scam, held a meeting with the SG to influence the outcome of the cases. The letter by TMC said that Suvendu Adhikari is accused in various criminal cases of cheating, illegal gratification and bribery and in various offences being investigated by CBI and ED.

Amid the controversy both claimed on Friday that they had not met each other. Meanwhile, Tushar Mehta has denied the meeting with the BJP leader and clarified that Adhikari came to his residence “unannounced”.

“Suvendu Adhikari came to my residence/office yesterday, unannounced. As I was in a pre-scheduled meet, my staff asked him to wait. After my meeting, my staff informed him of my inability to meet him. He left without insisting to meet me. Hence, the question of my meeting with him did not arise,” Mehta said.

Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh claimed that Shuvendu had gone to Tushar’s Delhi home on Thursday. In response to Kunal’s demand, Shuvendu said, “I do not want to comment on the allegations of anyone in jail.”

Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday had meetings with Bharatiya Janata Party leadership including Union Home Minister Amit Shah as the state BJP prepares to take on the Mamata Banerjee government over post-poll violence in the state during the budget session of assembly starting from July 2