Abhishek Banerjee points finger at 'mafia-Minister nexus' with purported photo of Prahlad Joshi
The Hindu
The ED and the CBI “have conveniently ignored this Mafia-Minister nexus,” Mr. Banerjee said in a tweet; the BJP asserted that the allegations leveled were "baseless"
TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday posted on Twitter purported images of Union Minister Prahlad Joshi with an alleged "coal mafia", and accused the ED and CBI of turning a blind eye to the issue.
He claimed that the probe agencies were "conveniently ignoring the mafia-Minister nexus".
The BJP, however, asserted that the allegations leveled were "baseless".
PTI could not independently verify the authenticity of the two pictures attached with the tweet.
"I wonder what minister @JoshiPrahlad is doing with tainted coal mafia, Joydeb Khan! Is he discussing ways of filing @BJP4India's pockets or congratulating him on siphoning the Nation's resources? The @dir_ed and the CBI have conveniently ignored this Mafia-Minister nexus," Banerjee tweeted.
State Minister Babul Supriyo also shared the tweet.
At a press meet, party State spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, "The CBI and ED should immediately bring under the ambit of investigation this issue. How come a history-sheeter got to click a picture with a BJP heavyweight? What is Khan's equation with the BJP?"
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