KOLKATA: West Bengal transport minister Madan Mitra, who was arrested on Friday in a case relating to Saradha scam, was on Saturday produced before a court in Alipore.

The CBI had been questioning Mitra since 7am today.

Hundreds of Trinamool Congress supporters had gathered outside the Alipore court since morning.

Addressing the TMC supporters, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee said, "Madan Mitra will remain transport minister. I will handle the ministry in his absence."


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"There are images of the PM with the Sahara chief. Should we demand that CBI arrest the PM?" Mamata Banerjee asked.

"Trinamool Congress MPs will protest in Parliament against BJP's politics of vendetta," Mamata Banerjee said.




The CBI had earlier arrested two TMC Rajya Sabha MPs Srinjay Bose and Kunal Ghosh in connection with the Saradha scam.

"What has happened is illegal and unconstitutional. It is a dangerous step to destroy democratic institutions. My government condemns the arrest of Madan Mitra in the strictest of terms," Banerjee had said on Friday.

"It is a conspiracy, very dirty conspiracy, I ask the Prime Minister to put me in jail first," a furious Banerjee had said.

She had also said that the Trinamool Congress would hit the streets and threatened to take up the issue in Parliament.