Nusrat Jahan in trouble for Durga pandal visit
October 29, 2020 19:16
Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan has been accused of contempt of court. The actor-turned-politician has been pulled up for her recent visit to a Durga Puja pandal despite a Calcutta high court ban on entry into pandals owing to the pandemic this year.
Appearing on behalf of a petitioner who recently sought restrictions during Durga Puja to prevent a surge in coronavirus cases, advocate Sabyasachi Chatterjee said the matter will soon be brought before a vacation bench of the court.
In a landmark order earlier this month, the Calcutta HC had prohibited entry of general public into Durga Puja pandals across West Bengal while hearing the plea.
"It was astonishing that people's representatives like Nusrat Jahan and Mahua Moitra entered pandals despite the court prohibiting it by declaring pandals as no-entry zones. MPs, lawmakers entering pandals in complete violation of the High Court judgment is a clear contempt of the court," Chatterjee told India Today.
"It is also contempt of the particular position they are holding. She has misused her position as an MP to enter the pandal. Notices have been dispatched...Nusrat Jahan and Srijit Mukherji should receive it by tomorrow," Chatterjee added.
Lok Sabha MP Nusrat Jahan and her businessman husband Nikhil Jain were photographed at the prominent Sangha pandal in south Kolkata on October 24. They were accompanied by filmmaker Srijit Mukherjee and his wife, Bangladeshi actor Rafiath Rashid Mithila.
According to Chatterjee, the public was restrained from entering pandals throughout the puja days when some celebrities were seen flouting the rules in place to curb the spread of Covid-19.
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