West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the BJP of using the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI to pressurise a Trinamool Congress lawmaker, Mukul Roy, to split the party or go to jail over the Saradha scam, said sources.
At a meeting of the Trinamool Congress' Core Committee in Kolkata today, Ms Banerjee reacted to speculation about turbulence in the party and rebellion in some quarters by blaming it on the BJP which, she said, was using the CBI to try and split the party.
"The BJP is using the CBI to put Mukul Roy under pressure. It is pressurising him to split the party and cooperate with the CBI or go to jail," Ms Banerjee was quoted as saying by several leaders present at the meeting.
Mr Roy, the Trinamool's all-India general secretary and Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, was questioned by the CBI for nearly five hours over the scam yesterday.
At the meeting today, the Trinamool chief also mentioned lawmaker from Tamluk, Shubhendu Adhikari, who is reportedly unhappy with the party. The CBI had questioned Mr Adhikari over the Saradha scam in September 2014.
Ms Banerjee even said, "The rate at which people are being sent to jail, I am also prepared to go to jail any time," according to sources.
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