Trinamool Congress targets BJP in Parliament

A day after BJP President Amit Shah's rally in Kolkata attacking Mamata Banerjee government, Trinamool Congress sought to corner the ruling party in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha by displaying a red diary.

The Trinamool members alleged that the diary was recovered from Roy and claimed that it contained name of a BJP leader.

In the Lok Sabha, Trinamool Congress members rushed to the well shouting slogans. They demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should explain what action CBI has taken after the name allegedly figured in the diary. They later staged a walkout.

TMC leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay had given a notice for suspension of Question Hour to discuss the issue which was rejected by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said rules do not permit any member naming anyone who is not a member of the House. They also cannot display placards, he said.   

To this, the Speaker said the name of the BJP leader would not go on record.

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Enforcement Directorate freezes two bank accounts of painter Shuvoprasanna

"We had sent summons to him to appear before the ED last Monday. He did not come and sent a chartered accountant instead with documents," an ED source said.

The source said as per the legal provisions, Shuvoprasanna would have to come in person.
  
The ED had also frozen two bank accounts of the painter, the source said, adding that there had been instances of diversion of funds.

The agency had earlier questioned the painter, considered close to the ruling Trinamool Congress, in connection with the sale of his shares in a TV channel to Saradha group chief Sudipto Sen.

But he was asked to appear again as the ED officials had spotted some inconsistency in his statements made, which the painter was avoiding.

As per the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, ED would first impose a penalty on the painter as a first step for not responding to the summons. The next step would be legal action including arrest, the source said.
  
The directorate on Tuesday also interrogated chief of Rose valley Gautam Kundu whose firm was also under the scanner for collection of deposits from the public.

The ED had also frozen nearly 2,500 bank accounts of Rose Valley.

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