Mamata All India Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee was questioned at the Bhawanipore police station for four hours over a complaint alleging he used objectionable language against the Gujarati community in a social media post.

Mamata All India Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee was questioned at the Bhawanipore police station for four hours over a complaint alleging he used objectionable language against the Gujarati community in a social media post.

Mamata All India Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee was questioned at the Bhawanipore police station for four hours over a complaint alleging he used objectionable language against the Gujarati community in a social media post.

Mamata All India Trinamool Congress (MAITC) MP Abhishek Banerjee appeared at Bhawanipore police station on Saturday in connection with a case filed against him for using objectionable language against the Gujarati community.

The MAITC MP arrived around 12:20pm at the police station and left after almost four hours.

“This will continue; it has been continuing for 6 months,” said Abhishek after the questioning.

“Police notice will come, bulldozer will come, put pressure, put me in jail, I will still not bow down.”

The complainant, Arnab Kanti Das, alleged that Abhishek used negative connotations while referring to the Gujarati community in his X post. The complaint was filed on May 27.

The post on May 2 read, “Ten lifetimes won't be enough for your Bangla Birodhi Gujarati gang and their stooge Gyanesh Kumar to put even a dent in my DIAMOND HARBOUR MODEL. Bring everything you have got. I challenge the entire Union of India-Come to Falta. Send your strongest, send one of the godfathers from Delhi. If you have got the nerve, contest in Falta,” Abhishek had said in a post responding to BJP leader Amit Malviya’s post on remodelling Falta in Abhishek’s Diamond Harbour constituency.

Abhishek maintained after the questioning that the BJP is still the Bangala Birodhi or the outsiders. The MP also spoke about the bulldozers brought in by Kolkata Municipal Corporation(KMC) outside his house on Thursday to graze the bamboo and tin police kiosk and sliding iron gates, while CCTV cameras and flower pots on the footpath were removed as these were considered illegal. A notice was served to the MP a day before the demolition. Abhishek, however, said he did not oppose the move as it was public property. However, the MP appealed to the BJP government to allow those who have the idol shops on the footpath to continue operating, as it would otherwise affect their livelihood.

The saffron party responded to Abhishek’s police questioning, saying the MP will get used to it.

“In the last 15 years, the pressure he put on people and the administration was a lot. This is nothing; with time he will get used to this,” said BJP leader Sukanta Majumdar.

Abhishek has been summoned by the Girish Park police on November 20 in a case regarding alleged use of threatening messages against police in an interview.

TAGS