Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday wrote to the CBI, seeking questioning of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in connection with the Saradha chit fund case, alleging that it was she who orchestrated the scam. In his letter to the CBI director, Adhikari also sought more active role of the central agency in the case. “The angst of the general populace of Bengal is why the CBI is not going after the kingpin of the scam. The investigation till now has made it abundantly clear that Smt Mamata Banerjee, the present Chief Minister of West Bengal, had orchestrated the entire scam in connivance with the heads of various chit fund companies and in fact she is a direct beneficiary of the proceeds of crime," he wrote. Adhikari's move came on the eve of TMC's annual July 21 Martyr's Day rally which will be addressed by CM Banerjee. On Friday, Banerjee is likely to sound the poll bugle for her party for the next year's general elections. The BJP MLA from Nandigram added, “In light of the above stated facts, you are requested to immediately take steps to bring the investigation to the correct track such that the intention with which the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India had transferred the investigation to the CBI is adhered to in letter and spirit. You are also requested to honour the patience of the people of Bengal who are waiting for almost a decade now for justice, by nabbing the real kingpin of the chit fund scam who unfortunately happens to be the Chief Minister of West Bengal. In the backdrop of the facts, it is imperative _ that Smt. Mamata Banerjee and Mr. Kunal Ghosh be immediately questioned/interrogated in order to bring the offenders and kingpins to book."
