KOLKATA: Two senior BJP leaders in West Bengal, namely the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari and state vice-president of BJP, Jagannath Chattopadhyay, have challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to prove her allegations on their involvement in the coal smuggling case within a reasonable point of time or face defamation.
The counsel of Adhikari had already sent a notice of defamation to the Chief Minister, asking the latter to provide all purported evidence in the matter within 72 hours or face defamation proceedings, both civil and criminal.
On the other hand, Chattopadhyay had released a video message on the wall of his social media handle challenging the Chief Minister to either prove her allegations within a reasonable time or face defamation proceedings.