Kept ‘drop box’ outside party office, did not know who gave money under electoral bond scheme: TMC

Reacting to Ghosh’s statement, BJP leader Rahul Sinha said the TMC is making such weird arguments to hide its corruption

Talking to reporters, Ghosh said, “The Trinamool did not know how much money was given to it… A drop box used to be kept in front of the Trinamool building…" (Express file photo)

Trinamool Congress (TMC) Spokesperson Kunal Ghosh on Saturday claimed the party did not know which organisations or persons donated money to it under the electoral bond scheme.

Talking to reporters, Ghosh said, “The Trinamool did not know how much money was given to it… A drop box used to be kept in front of the Trinamool building… According to the law introduced by the BJP, the bond would have no name, only an alphanumeric code. It was not said anywhere, which company or who the donor was. The BJP has introduced this system in the country. They knew who gave them money. Because they have the CBI, ED, Income tax and they used these agencies to accumulate that money but the TMC has no ED, CBI.”

Reacting to Ghosh’s statement, BJP leader Rahul Sinha said, “The TMC has gone mad and is making such weird arguments to hide its corruption.”

CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty said, “It is clear that the TMC used corporate houses to loot the public. They gave a free hand to the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation to increase the power tariff and told them to pay their part of the profit through electoral bonds. They also gave a free hand to lottery organisations and took money from them and the amount is more than Rs 500 crore.”

Atri Mitra

Atri Mitra is a Special Correspondent of The Indian Express with more than 20 years of experience in reporting from West Bengal, Bihar and the North-East. He has been covering administration and political news for more than ten years and has a keen interest in political development in West Bengal. Atri holds a Master degree in Economics from Rabindrabharati University and Bachelor's degree from Calcutta University. He is also an alumnus of St. Xavier's, Kolkata and Ramakrishna Mission Asrama, Narendrapur. He started his career with leading vernacular daily the Anandabazar Patrika, and worked there for more than fifteen years. He worked as Bihar correspondent for more than three years for Anandabazar Patrika. He covered the 2009 Lok Sabha election and 2010 assembly elections. He also worked with News18-Bangla and covered the Bihar Lok Sabha election in 2019. ... Read More

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