Trinamool tears into EC notice

Blaming the Election Commission for giving out a knee-jerk reaction,the Trinamool Congress has said the election watchdogs notice to the party to explain the role of its MP who was intercepted at IGI Airport here while carrying about Rs 45 lakh to poll-bound Assam recently was issued without proper application of mind.

Blaming the Election Commission for giving out a knee-jerk reaction,the Trinamool Congress has said the election watchdogs notice to the party to explain the role of its MP who was intercepted at IGI Airport here while carrying about Rs 45 lakh to poll-bound Assam recently was issued without proper application of mind.

Both the Trinamool and the Income Tax Department have reported back to the ECs earlier notices to explain the end use of the cash being carried by MP K D Singh,saying the money was brought back without being used.

We are constrained to reiterate that the letter is a knee-jerk reaction from the Election Commission and has been issued without proper application of mind and has the effect of tarnishing the image of our party, party MP and Union Minister Mukul Roy wrote in a letter to the EC.

We are constrained to say that the complaint,if any,has a malafide intent of maligning the good reputation and image of our party. We are extremely shocked that the EC has been taken for a ride by the complainant. We would like to categorically state that the MP was not carrying any cash with him, Roy wrote in his three-page letter.

K D Singh,was not even questioned by the authorities concerned as he was not carrying any cash with him, he said,adding that there were six senior officials of Alchemist Group (Singhs firm) who were carrying some cash to purchase a tea garden in Assam.

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