Nothing To Do With Central Agency's Probe Into Coal Smuggling, Says BJP

Trinamool Congress supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that the BJP is working "hand in glove" with the coal mafia

The BJP today said it has nothing to do with the ongoing probe by the Enforcement Directorate into allegations of coal smuggling against some Trinamool Congress leaders and added that people of the state want the investigation to be over within a time-frame. BJP state spokesman Samik Bhattacharya told reporters that in the past when investigation into any case against any Trinamool leader did not yield immediate results, there was talk about "Didi-Modi nexus" by the Left. "Now if there is any news related to the probe, TMC alleges vendetta politics," he said, replying to a question on reports of ED issuing summons to Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamool's national general secretary and nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in connection with the coal smuggling probe. "We don't have anything to do (with the probe). We only want the truth to come out. Any talk about the probe gathering pace or not can be commented on by the investigating agency which works independently and not under us a political party," he said.