File photo of Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal
The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal today declined to comment on the Calcutta High Court's order of filing an FIR against party Member of Parliament Tapas Pal for his controversial comments and its direction that the Crime Investigation Department probe the matter.
"No, I will not comment on anything without seeing the order," TMC all India general secretary Mukul Roy told PTI.
The state BJP, on the other hand, welcomed the High Court's order.
"We welcome the High Court's order. We are grateful to the court for the order," state BJP leader Tathagata Roy said.
Communist Party of India - Marxist central committee member Suryakanta Mishra said, "I hope that according to the court order, the complaint would be treated as an FIR. I think he (Tapas Pal) should be arrested."
Justice Dipankar Dutta, while passing his verdict on a petition seeking an investigation by the CID into Mr Pal's comments against women and other opposition party supporters at election rallies, directed that the high court would monitor the probe in view of the West Bengal government's stand that the complaint did not disclose any cognisable offence.