Mamata Banerjee (file photo) and Amit Malviya (ANI image)
NEW DELHI: BJP IT chief Amit Malviya on Monday mocked Trinamool Congress MLA Jiban Krishna Saha’s dramatic attempt to evade the Enforcement Directorate (ED), calling it a “clownish Bollywood-style escape” and called the entire episode as “flop scene directed by Mamata Banerjee”. In a post on X, Malviya wrote,” TMC MLA Jiban Krishna Saha’s clownish Bollywood-style escape, leaping over walls and throwing his phone into a pond to dodge the ED, is nothing but a flop scene directed by Mamata Banerjee herself!” He added that every major scandal in the state bore the “unmistakable fingerprints” of the CM and her associates, turning alleged scams into a “full-time business.”The ED have arrested Saha from his residence in Murshidabad district in connection with the alleged teachers’ recruitment scam. Saha reportedly tried to escape by scaling the boundary wall of his house in Burwan and throwing his mobile phone into a drain. Both phones were later retrieved from water bodies and are to be sent for forensic examination. Malviya alleged that TMC’s strategy is to loot Bengal and then use such stunts to avoid accountability. He claimed that the party’s entire network is aware of its wrongdoings.The BJP leader claimed that the “desperate stunt” reflected the TMC leadership’s contempt for justice. He also targeted Mamata’s nephew Abhishek, saying both fear exposure of their alleged money-and-muscle network.He claimed that this stunt will not protect Banerjee, saying her panic reflects guilt as the 2026 elections approach.
