Roy: CM’s nephew owns TMC’s trademark slogan

Kolkata: Continuing his tirade against chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee BJP leader Mukul Roy has claimed that the young Trinamul Congress MP also owned the trademarks of Maa Mati Manush, the famous catchline of the ruling party and of Jago Bangla, the party’s mouthpiece.

He earlier alleged that Bishwa Bangla brand promoted by the Mamata Banerjee government belonged to Mr Banerjee who later served him a defamation notice for his comments. On Saturday Mr Roy renewed his attacks on Mr Banerjee at a press meet at the state BJP headquarters.

Showing a bunch of papers he said, “It is written here Jago Bangla..Mamata Banerjee. And its trademark belongs to Abhishek Banerjee. It is not an application. It is a certificate. Its address is 30B Harish Chatterjee Street, Kolkata- 26. Now the first part is underway. Still second, third and fourth parts are left.”

Waving another piece of paper, the former Trinamul Rajya Sabha MP elaborated, “Now the trademark of Maa Maati Manush slogan also belongs to Abhishek Banerjee. The address is 30B Harish Chatterjee Street. Against whom these things are said, he has not done anything.”

Referring to the TMC MP of Diamond Harbour Mr Roy added, “According him, whatever he has done has the approval of the chief minister. He stated it in an affidavit. Does not it violate the constituation? Even to claim the ownership over the symbol an application was filed.”

Mr Roy claimed, “It was said, be it posters or pamphlets, whatever are published with this symbol, they belong to Abhishek Banejree.” He also read out Mr Banerjee’s affidavit to justify his claim that Jago Bangla’s trademark was owned by the chief minister’s nephew.

Flanked by senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya and union minister Babul Supriyo Mr Roy even threatened that he would release a startling video soon.

According to him, the officers-in-charge act like Trinamul block presidents. Mr Roy also bantered the chief minister’s recent foreign tour to attract investments to the state. Countering him Tmc secretary general Partha Chatterjee however reasoned at a rally in Canning of South 24 Parganas that there was no benefit out of canards.

“He was picked from the road and he was made the railway minister and shipping minister. He was also given the main position in the party. He enjoyed everything but kicked us,” the education minister alleged.