Congress cautious on Saradha scam
The Congress is distancing itself from the Trinamul on the issue
New Delhi: After the CBI arrested West Bengal minister Madan Mitra, Trinamul MPs claimed in the Lok Sabha that the premier investigating agency was being misused for political reasons.
With the government strongly refuting the claims of the MPs, they staged a walk out after raising slogans and trooping into the Well of the House. The Trinamul MPs later staged a protest outside the Parliament.
The Congress is distancing itself from the Trinamul on the issue. Seeing an opportunity in weakend Trinamul, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi held deliberations with Congress leaders in West Bengal on the party’s revival.
The Congress does not want to be seen backing the Mamata Banerjee-led party on the Saradha scam after realising that it could be politically counter-productive in the state polls in 2016.