Kolkata, May 9 (UNI) West Bengal governor Jadgeep Dhankar on Sunday accorded sanction
for prosecution of Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee, all the former ministers in the previous Mamata Banerjee government.
"Governor (Jadgeep Dhankar) accorded sanction for prosecution of Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee, being appointing authority of Ministers@MamataOfficial under Article 164 & thus competent authority
" Media reports that sanction was for being MLA is incorrect," Mr Dhankar stated in a Twitter post.
However, it did not mention in which case the four former ministers have been named to
come under prosecution from the CBI which was also probing the
Naradha scam case.
Of the four to come under prosecution, Mr Hakim, Mr Mukherjee and Mr
Mitra have been reelected
in the recently held poll as the TMC candidates. Mr Hakim and Mr
Mukherjee will be sworn in as the
cabinet ministers of the 3rd Mamata Banerjee government at a swearing
in ceremony on Monday.
Sovan Chatterjee, former minister and city mayor had joined the BJP
and also quit the party before the
election.
" The governor accorded sanction for prosecution for the reason that
all of them at the relevant time of commission
crime were holding the position of ministers in the government of
West Bengal under article 164 of the constitution "
a statement from the Raj Bhawan said.
" The sanction came to be accorded by the governor after CBI had made a request
and made available entire documentation relevant to the case to the
governor and he involdded his power under
article 163 and 164 of the constitution," it added.
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