May 04, 2026 06:48 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Jolt to TMC! Supreme Court rejects plea challenging central staff deployment at Bengal counting centres | Bangladesh MP warns of refugee crisis if BJP wins West Bengal polls | Diplomatic row: Bangladesh summons Indian envoy over Himanta Biswa Sarma remarks | Supreme Court grants Pawan Khera anticipatory bail in case over allegations against Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife | ‘Not necessary to humiliate me with arrest’: Pawan Khera to SC over remarks on Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife | ‘Let’s not choose for people capable of choosing’: Supreme Court to Centre on teen pregnancy termination | I-PAC co-founder Vinesh Chandel gets bail after Bengal polls conclude | Exit Polls Give Bengal to BJP—But One Survey Begs to Differ | Big defence push: Rajnath Singh to hold high-stakes talks with Italy’s Defence Minister | “Voting without fear”: PM Modi hails record turnout in West Bengal polls

Arrest Mamata Banerjee and Bengal will burn: TMC MP

| | Dec 31, 2014, at 11:05 pm
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress lawmaker Idris Ali on Wednesday warned the Centre that if West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is "touched or arrested" in the Saradha chit fund scam, then the whole state will "burn."
"Mamata Banerjee has been falsely related in the Saradha scam. If the chief minister is touched or arrested, then the whole Bengal will burn. A lot of other people will also burn in the same fire. Mamata is the nation's firebrand Chief Minister. Even (Narendra) Modi won't be able to control the fire," Ali, who is a TMC MP from Basirhat, said at a meeting.
 
According to reports, he later defended his words.
 
"Whatever I said is right, I request the Prime Minister and and BJP leaders to not misuse CBI for political motives," Ali was quoted as saying by NDTV channel.
 
Earlier, suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh, who is now in police custody, had accused Mamata Banerjee of having benefitted the most from the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam.
 
The Saradha Group that went bust last year left lakhs of depositors in a fix.  
 
Saradha Group chief Sudipta Sen and Saradha Group director Debjani Mukherjee were arrested in April 2013 from Jammu and Kashmir.
 
Several other TMC leaders, parliamentarians, were earlier taken in custody by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). 
 
West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra, a close aide of state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was arrested on Dec 12 by the probe agency.
 
#Arrest Mamata Banerjee and Bengal will burn: TMC MP Idris Ali # Kunal Ghosh

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Related Images
In Images: Armoured vehicle stands guard outside strongroom in Kolkata ahead of counting day
In Images: Armoured vehicle stands guard outside strongroom in Kolkata ahead of counting day May 03, 2026, at 07:36 pm
Security beefed up outside Kolkata's Netaji Indoor Stadium ahead of vote counting
Security beefed up outside Kolkata's Netaji Indoor Stadium ahead of vote counting May 03, 2026, at 11:30 am
Mamata’s midnight meltdown: CM stays 4 hours at strongroom over ‘EVM tampering’ fears
Mamata’s midnight meltdown: CM stays 4 hours at strongroom over ‘EVM tampering’ fears May 01, 2026, at 03:56 am
Related Videos
Mamata Banerjee casts her vote in Kolkata May 03, 2026, at 03:37 pm
Bengal Polls: Prosenjit Chatterjee on voting with son in Kolkata May 03, 2026, at 03:34 pm
Faith in Democracy: MoC Nuns and ISKCON Monks Cast Votes in Bengal Elections May 03, 2026, at 03:31 pm