TMC candidate and sitting MP Abhishek Banerjee is leading in the Diamond Harbour constituency over his nearest rival, BJP's Abhijit Das, by a margin of 1,15,933 votes
After initial scare where the BJP was racing ahead of the TMC, the Mamata Banerjee-led party surged and is currently leading on 31 seats after vote counting till 11:30 am
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The incumbent MP is TMC's Mahua Moitra, who was expelled from the LS in Dec
The CBI had last month conducted searches, after filing its FIR, at the premises of Moitra, a former TMC MP from Krishnanagar seat in West Bengal
The 49-year-old Trinamool Congress leader was called for questioning twice earlier by the central agency, but she did not depose citing official work and sought deferment of the notice
Moitra has denied any wrongdoing and claims that she is being targeted as she raised questions on the deals of the Adani Group
This comes after conducting searches at Moitra's residence in Kolkata in connection with the cash-for-query case on Saturday
The Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman, issued the directions to the CBI after receiving the findings of its preliminary inquiry into allegations made against Moitra by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Lok Sabha secretary general, had urged the court not to venture into the internal matter of discipline of another sovereign organ of the State
The ED had issued the summons to Moitra in a case lodged under the FEMA
TMC leader Mahua Moitra had sought directions to ED to refrain from leaking any 'confidential or unverified information' to the media
The bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad after hearing the all sides, reserved the order and fixed the matter for February 23, 2024 for pronouncement
Moitra is being probed by the CBI too and it is conducting a preliminary inquiry into the allegations against Moitra on the reference from the Lokpal
The CBI is also understood to have spoken to lawyer Jai Dehadrai and businessman Darshan Hiranandani in connection with its inquiry, they said
The CBI has asked lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai to appear before it on Thursday in connection with its probe against former TMC MP Mahua Moitra in a Lokpal-referred corruption complaint against her
On Thursday, Moitra failed to get any relief from the Delhi High Court which refused to stay the DoE notice and asked her to vacate the government bungalow
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