Overview
- Adhikari demanded that Banerjee furnish all documents and purported evidence within 72 hours or face civil and criminal defamation action.
- The notice, sent through advocate Suryaneel Das, describes her statements as reckless, baseless, and wholly unsubstantiated.
- Banerjee had alleged that funds from an alleged coal scam were routed through BJP leader Jagannath Chattopadhyay to Adhikari and then to Amit Shah.
- Adhikari called the accusations a desperate attempt to divert attention from the Enforcement Directorate’s ongoing investigation and shared his stance in a post on X.
- The dispute unfolded alongside street demonstrations, including a BJP Mahila Morcha march in Kolkata protesting Banerjee’s alleged interference in the ED raid on the I-PAC office.