At least four Trinamool Congress candidates for the upcoming assembly elections have been questioned or received summons for interrogation by different federal investigating agencies.
Debasish Kumar, the TMC candidate from south Kolkata's high-profile Rashbehari assembly seat, was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate on Friday in connection with alleged land deals in the city.
TMC ministers and contesting candidates, Sujit Bose and Rathin Ghosh, have been summoned on April 6 and 8 respectively in connection with alleged corruption in appointments by several district civic bodies.
Another TMC candidate, Manab Kumar Porua, received a summons on Wednesday in connection with a 2022 bomb explosion case, hours before filing his nomination papers.
Chief minister and TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee reacted to the summons, saying 'Elections are around the corner and the agencies have started summoning one TMC candidate after another. What were you doing all these years? Were you sleeping? Aren't you ashamed of yourself?'
