Abhishek called to meet OM Birla while being in ED office

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will hear the defected TMC MPs as well as the faction led by Mamata Banerjee before deciding on giving recognition to the breakaway faction, sources said.

Meanwhile, sources from the Mamata-led TMC said that on Monday, its leader Abhishek Banerjee was called for a meeting with Birla at a two-hour notice when he was still being questioned by the ED.

TMC sources said Banerjee got an email from the speaker’s office at



around 2 pm on Monday, asking him to meet Birla at 4 pm. Soon after, the speaker’s office called party MP Kirti Azad and told him about the email.

Azad, in response, informed the speaker’s office that Banerjee was “committed to cooperating with all investigative agencies” and was cooperating with the investigation at the ED office in CGO complex in Kolkata, sources said.

Later in the day, Azad also met the speaker to inform him about the email.