Trinamool headquarter property owner goes to cops, wants party out

KOLKATA: The proprietor of the spot disconnected EM Bypass that houses the TMC office told officers astatine Pragati Maidan constabulary presumption connected Sunday that helium wants the erstwhile governing enactment of Bengal to vacate the premises.Montu Saha, who owns A/P-1/A Canal South Road, said the tenancy statement with TMC lapsed successful precocious 2025, and his appeals to the enactment to determination retired went unheeded, prompting him to question constabulary assistance to get his spot back.Montu and his lad Amit went to their spot connected Sunday to talk to TMC members to person them to displacement their office. But nary enactment functionary was present. After waiting for a mates of hours, they headed to the constabulary station.The father-son duo indicated that they would question ineligible recourse to evict the enactment from the Canal South Road address, which has been known arsenic Trinamool Bhawan since the enactment moved successful 3 years ago. All enactment enactment for the 2024 LS polls and the 2026 assembly polls was coordinated from there.The party’s archetypal HQ — besides known arsenic Trinamool Bhawan — is present mired successful controversy. Javed Khan, a rebel enactment MLA, has claimed that the onshore connected which Trinamool Bhawan stands belongs to his family.

“I person each the documents to beryllium that the Topsia Road crippled is owned by my family,” helium has said.The enactment had shifted its office to the Sahas’ spot arsenic the enactment wanted to renovate the archetypal Trinamool Bhawan. Montu Saha’s lad Amit said they had rented retired their spot to TMC successful 2022.“After the declaration lapsed precocious past year, we approached them respective times, saying we privation the gathering back. The operation needs repairs.

We request it for concern purposes. They told america they would vacate the gathering by July, but we privation it backmost now. Lately, nary 1 astatine the enactment has been disposable to pass with america connected this matter. We were near with nary enactment but to attack the police,” Amit said.Before renting retired the spot to TMC, the Sahas ran a edifice named ‘Arab Residency’ from the premises.A TMC functionary said Saha did not bash immoderate favour to the enactment by renting retired the property. “In return, helium had bagged aggregate contracts.”(With inputs from Sarthak Ganguly)