Addressing a press conference at the party office in Kolkata, Chowdhury accused the TMC and the BJP of having a “mutual understanding”. The Trinamool, he alleged, is full of corruption which has turned into a cancer. “They have no solution to this. The TMC’s decline has started at a fast pace,” he said.

Slamming Mamata Banerjee for her alleged failure to bring industry to the state, the Congress MP from Bahrampore said, “Today Didi is unable to bring any industry despite pleading before Ambani. But Bidhan Roy (a former Congress CM) used to bring industry without creating a fuss. We want a CM who can serve people instead of enacting drama.”

Taking a dig at a “constant fight” between TMC’s new and old guard, he said, “The script of a fight between the new and old guard of the TMC is being written at the BJP office. Khokababu (referring to Abhishek Banerjee) went to the ED office to join the probe. After being questioned for nine hours, he changed his way,” he added.

Terming as “draconian” the new set of laws replacing the Indian Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), the Congress MP from Bahrampur said, “These laws were passed in Parliament through a dictatorial system and are inhuman. For instance, a truck driver involved in an accident will be punished under the new law without investigating the reasons. The new law can also land one in jail or they can be hanged for marrying someone, saying they married cleverly. Can a government keep a watch if two people get married out of love or otherwise? This new system is full of complications. These laws are anti-people. To pass these bills they expelled 141 MPs just to keep them out of Parliament,” Chowdhury added.