Police complaint filed against Trinamool MLA for concealing husband’s assets in election affidavit

Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) A police complaint has been filed at Sankrail Police Station in Kolkata-adjacent Howrah district against Priya Paul, the Trinamool Congress MLA from Sankrail Assembly constituency, for concealing the assets and properties in the name of her husband in the affidavit for the recently concluded state elections.

In the police complaint filed by a local Bharatiya Janata Party activist, Sanjit Jana, it has been alleged that since getting elected as an MLA from Sankrail in 2021 for the first time, she started accumulating huge wealth through unfair means, like extortion, and has purchased huge property in the name of her husband and daughter.

However, as per the police complaint, she did not refer to those assets and properties registered in the name of her husband, Amit Paul, and daughter in the election affidavit for the recently concluded West Bengal assembly polls in 2026.

Priya Paul got elected this time as well from Sankrail, defeating the BJP’s Barnali Dhali by a margin of over 16,000 votes.

“The current MLA from Sankrail had accumulated crores of rupees of property in the last five years, exercising political and administrative influence as the MLA for the previous ruling party. But the MLA and her husband came from a humble financial background. They did not own many assets before she became a legislator of the previous ruling party. The movable and immovable properties of her family increased exponentially during the last five years. But all these were not mentioned in her last election affidavit. Hence, I have filed a police complaint against her on this count. The police have assured me a proper investigation into the matter,” said the complainant.

At the time the report was filed, there was no reaction either from the accused MLA or from any member of her family. There has not been any reaction from either of the two factions within Trinamool Congress, one with continued allegiance to Mamata Banerjee and the other united under the leadership of expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee.

–IANS

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