: TMC delegation meets President Kovind, seeks removal of Tushar Mehta as solicitor general #IndiaNEWS A Trinamool Congress delegation met President Ram Nath Kovind in Delhi on Monday to seek the removal

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TMC delegation meets President Kovind, seeks removal of Tushar Mehta as solicitor general #IndiaNEWS
A Trinamool Congress delegation met President Ram Nath Kovind in Delhi on Monday to seek the removal of Tushar Mehta as the solicitor general of India, reported ANI.“We have just met with the President and submitted a memorandum to him regarding the matter of great impropriety concerning the office of SG [solicitor general], Tushar Mehta,� TMC MP Mahua Moitra said at a press conference. “We ask for the immediate resignation of the SG on the grounds of gross misconduct and impropriety.�The TMC alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari, who is accused in the Narada and Saradha cases, had met Mehta, who advises central agencies investigating such cases. They said that the meeting was in direct conflict of interest with the duties of the solicitor general. However, the solicitor general refuted the allegations. Mehta confirmed that Adhikari came to his house but said that he did not meet the BJP leader as he was in another meeting at that time. “When my meeting was over and thereafter my PPS [principal private secretary] informed me about his arrival, I requested my PPS to convey Mr Adhikari my inability to meet him and apologise as he had to wait,� he said.The TMC, however, was not satisfied with the clarification....Read more

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