Yet another sting operation aired by a television channel has become a source of further embarrassment for the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), with the BJP approaching the Election Commission on Tuesday seeking disqualification of the MLA, who is contesting the Assembly elections, involved in the expose. The video aired by the television channel showed MLA and mayor of the Bidhanagar Municipal Corporation Sabyasachi Dutta endorsing syndicates and even going to the extent of saying they were “funding” his election campaign.
Syndicates are cooperatives operating in the housing and infrastructure industry, often resorting to extortion and forcing people to buy building material from the cooperatives.
