Mamata vs CBI: How the drama unfolded in Kolkata and the politics behind it

1. Mamata vs CBI: How the drama unfolded in Kolkata and the politics behind it Bengal CBI drama: Showdown started when CBI team showed up near the official residence of Rajeev Kumar to question him about progress of investigations in Saradha chit fund and Rose Valley Ponzi schem A political emergency broke out in Kolkata on Sunday evening as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata

2. Banerjee started a sit-in (dharna) blaming the Narendra Modi government for endeavoring an upset to destabilize her legislature. The discussion was started after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), constrained by the Union government, endeavored to address Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar regarding the ponzi conspire trick case. The CBI on Monday moved the Supreme Court looking for Rajeev Kumar's participation with the examination, as indicated by ANI. What happened yesterday evening? The confrontation began when a 40-part CBI group appeared close to the official home of Rajeev Kumar at around 6 pm to interrogate him concerning the advancement of examinations in Saradha chit store and Rose Valley ponzi plot. The show increased close to Kumar's home around 7 pm, as three representative chiefs of Kolkata police and a few officers of the counter unruly area achieved the spot. Five CBI officers were packaged into three jeeps and taken to the Shakespeare Sarani police headquarters. Inside a couple of long periods of confinement, the CBI officers were likewise discharged. In the interim, the Central Reserve Police Force troopers have been sent at the CBI home office at CGO Complex as additionally at its city office Nizam Palace. Why did CBI want to question Rajeev Kumar? Rajeev Kumar, a 1989-group IPS officer of West Bengal unit was going a SIT on the Saradha and Rose Valley tricks. CBI said that Kumar should be addressed with respect to missing reports and records yet he had not reacted to notification to show up before the organization. The organization guaranteed that Kumar had been "departing suddenly" and "being searched for" regarding Saradha and Rose Valley ponzi trick cases. CBI also accused Kumar of trying to destroy evidence in the case. Whydid Kolata Police detain CBI officials? The Kolkata Police legitimized the detainment saying they needed to check whether CBI had the expected records to address Kumar. The West Bengal government asserted that the CBI had no warrant to lead the examination and was a piece of a "mystery task." The CBI, however, refuted the allegations and said they had all the requisite documents. Politics played out on the street An obviously irate Mamata Banerjee, who had prior extented support to Kumar, additionally hurried to his home and asserted thatNationalSecurity Advisor Ajit Doval was offering directions to the CBI at the command of Prime Minister Narendra Modiand BJP President Amit Shah. She additionally declared that she would compose a sit in Kolkata's Esplanade zone so as to "spare the nation and the Constitution."

3. "I will begin a dharna (sit-in) at Dharamtala zone to spare foundations, Constitution and the government structure of the nation," she said. She considered the improvements a 'blow' to the nation's government structure, and asserted that the Supreme Court in its judgment had said both focal and state organizations can talk about commonly on the off chance that they have any questions. In an uncommon appeal, she likewise called upon security powers faculty of the middle and states, other than the Army to censure the mentality of the Modi government. Read More