Assets and properties of 19 TMC leaders including some ministers under scanner

After the revelation of reported assets of Partha Chatterjee, his removal from the cabinet as minister and jail sentence, the assets and properties of some more TMC leaders are under scanner of the authorities. There are 19 of the leaders and seven of them are ministers in the cabinet. They are Firhad Hakim, Bratya Basu; Jyotipriyo Mullick, Maloy Ghatak, Arup Roy, Javed Ahmed Khan; and Seuli Saha. There are two more leaders who are now deceased – they are Subrata Mukherjee and Sadhan Pandey. Details are at this link. HC directs ED to be party in PIL on assets of 19 TMC leaders, ministers. This is based on a PIL filed by an individual in 2017. It raised questions about the “spectacular growth in assets of 19 Trinamool legislators, parliamentarians and ministers of the state government.” The information is based on the affidavits the leaders had filed with the Election Commission of India (ECI) when they filed their nominations for various elections. These revealed the growth of their assets over the years.

It is interesting to note that some of these names have links to the major Durga Pujas like Firhad Hakim (Chetla Agrani) and Subrata Mukherjee (Ekdalia Evergreen). Another TMC leader Partho Chatterjee, who had links to another high profile puja, is in trouble. It is the Naktala Udayan puja. These festivals involve huge sums of money and might have tempted some leaders to become careless. The financial position of those in high places should be more transparent. They should be careful when entrusted with funds associated with cultural programs like the Durga puja. It does not look nice when they pray to God for the welfare of their people while dipping their hands into the cash box.

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