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NEWSNOTES
 Former
Union minister Ajit K. Panja speaks of the legal and political angles
to his suspension from the Trinamool Congress.
Q. Why do you say your suspension from the
Trinamool Congress is illegal?
A.
Subrule C of Rule 19 of the party constitution says whenever the party
wants to take disciplinary action against any member, it has to frame
rules for the purpose. No provision for such action exists as of now.
Q. But Trinamool chief whip Sudip Bandopadhyay
insists the constitution you are speaking of is an old one.
A.
Let them show me the new rule. Mamata Banerjee has been talking of a Section
20 which does not exist. I suspect she had it typed and inserted later.
Q. Do you plan legal action?
A.
No, this is a political matter.
Q: Will you be expelled?
A.
I don't know, but when disciplinary action is taken against a person he
is given a hearing. No such thing happened in my case. Mamata arm-twisted
the other members into agreeing. I haven't even received official intimation
of my suspension.
Q. You recently declared that Mamata was
insane ...
A. Yes she is. I'm a lawyer. I never speak without proof.
A panel of doctors scrutinised her behaviour over the past two years and
detected a gradual loss of brain power. Dementia, they called it.
—Labonita Ghosh
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