With the SC set to take up the West Bengal government’s plea challenging CBI probes into several cases in the state despite the government withdrawing “general consent” in November 2018, TMC on Friday said the recent summonses by the ED to its leaders had no “legal sanctity” since these are based on FIRs filed by CBI.

Addressing a press conference, TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy said, “The Centre has been using CBI, ED and other central agencies to harass CM Mamata Banerjee after her landslide victory in the assembly polls and because of her efforts to string together all the opposition forces to defeat BJP in 2024.”

(With inputs from agencies)