Amid allegations of irregularities, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta on Friday denied assembly West Bengal BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari at his residence.
Clarifying Trinamool Congress’s allegation concerning the “meeting” between the 2, Mehta mentioned: “Suvendu Adhikari got here to my residence-cum-office unannounced yesterday (Thursday) round 3 pm. Since I used to be already It was at a pre-scheduled assembly in his room that my employees requested him to sit down within the ready room of my workplace constructing and supplied him a cup of tea.
He mentioned it was solely after Mehta’s assembly was over that his PPS knowledgeable him concerning the officer’s arrival. “When my assembly was over and after that my PPS knowledgeable me about his arrival, I requested my PPS to precise my incapability to fulfill Mr. Adhikari and apologize as he needed to wait. Mr. Adhikari Thanked my pps and left with out insisting on assembly me.Therefore, the query of my assembly with Mr. Adhikari doesn’t come up.
SG Mehta’s clarification got here hours after the TMC sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s elimination in an alleged assembly.
The letter, written by TMC MPs Derek O’Brien, Sukhendu Shekhar Roy and Mahua Moitra, mentioned the assembly between the officer and the solicitor common as Nandigram MLA is an accused within the Narada and Saradha instances, the place investigations are performed. continues.
He mentioned the Solicitor General is representing the CBI within the Supreme Court and the High Court within the Narada case, in addition to advising the National Investigation Agency within the Saradha rip-off.
The letter mentioned that the assembly between the officer and the Solicitor General “not only speaks of impropriety, but there is a direct conflict of interest and also tarnishes the position of the Solicitor General, the country’s second highest law officer”.
The TMC MPs urged the Prime Minister to take crucial steps to take away Mehta from the put up to keep up the “neutrality and integrity” of the workplace of the Solicitor General of India.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
