The West Bengal Congress MP from Malda, AHK Chowdhury, in the net over the West Bengal chit fund scam, on Thursday defended himself saying that he met Saradha group promoter Sudipta Sen only six months after the second letter he had written to the PM defending Saradha Realty.


"In my previous note (a letter dated September 2011 in which he demands action against Saradha group) I had made some errors. It was a mistaken identity and I would be sued, so I had to change my opinion... I mistook Sudipta to be someone else... I met Sudipta only six months after my second letter," he said.


Chowdhury accused the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of "using the Congress to cover up their fault". He also admitted to having bought paintings from Sudipta Sen for Rs 2 crore.


The Trinamool Congress (TMC), however, hit back saying the Congress must probe why its MP did a U-turn within six months. Demanding Chowdhury's resignation, TMC MP Derek O'Brien said, "In September 2011, Chowdhury wrote a letter demanding strict action against Saradha group.


Within six months, he does a U-turn and says the company be spared. The Congress has to give serious answers why its minister did this U-turn.""The Congress is trying to play angel in this chit fund issue. The West Bengal government will call a special session of the Assembly to prevent such incidents," he added. IBN Live