Why Trinamool-Run Kolkata Civic Body Is Probing Abhishek Banerjee’s Properties For Violations

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• Why Trinamool-Run Kolkata Civic Body Is Probing Abhishek Banerjee’s Properties For Violations Published By, Last Updated: May 20, 2026, 20:07 IST Questions have arisen over why the TMC-run Kolkata Municipal Corporation issued notices to properties linked to Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee, one of the party’s top leaders.
• Rapid Read TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee speaks during a meeting with party MLAs, in Kalighat, West Bengal.
• (IMAGE: PTI) Kolkata’s civic body, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, this week issued notices to several properties allegedly linked to Banerjee and his family members, seeking sanctioned building plans and related documents for scrutiny.
• The move has triggered political ripples within the ruling party because the KMC itself is run by the All India Trinamool Congress, raising questions over why the civic body initiated scrutiny against one of the party’s top leaders just days after the BJP came to power in West Bengal.
• News agency PTI...