'Saket Gokhale did nothing wrong', says Mamata Banerjee after party spokesperson arrest
TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale, who claimed to have spent Rs 30 crore on PM Modi's visit to Morbi in the past, has been arrested by Gujarat Police from Jaipur airport. After the arrest, Mamta Banerjee has come in support of party spokesperson Gokhale.
West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee have condemned the arrest of party spokesperson Saket Gokhale as wrong, which she has called a vendetta. On the question of the media related to the arrest of Saket Gokhale at Jaipur airport, Mamta Banerjee said that "It is very bad and sad. Saket Gokhale is a bright person. He is very popular on social media. He has not done any mistake."
After this Mamata Banerjee said that "I condemn this vendetta. Saket Gokhale has been arrested because he tweeted against the Prime Minister. People also tweet against me... I am really sad about this situation. Happening."
Saket Gokhale, a close aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, is accused of spreading fake news about Prime Minister Modi's visit after the Morbi incident in Gujarat. Actually, Saket Gokhale shared the news on Twitter which was published by a leading Gujarati newspaper. It was claimed in this news that information has been received under the Right to Information (ITR) that the Gujarat government had spent Rs 30 crore on Prime Minister Modi's visit to Morbi after a bridge collapsed in October.
Gujarat Police has registered an FIR against TMC's Saket Gokhale on the basis of a complaint for spreading fake news about PM Modi's visit to Morbi, after which he was arrested by the police from Jaipur. After this, the police have taken him to Ahmedabad for further legal action. According to the media report, the corona test of Saket Gokhale has just been done.