This is the second time this year that Abhishek has refused to comply with an ED summons on account of a prior-announced political programme. On June 13, he was asked by the ED to appear before it, while he was still busy with the Trinamuley Nabo Jowar mass connect event
Sources in Trinamul said the preliminary outline of the coming drive was ready and needed to be approved in a meeting with party chief Mamata Banerjee after she returns on September 23 from her Spain-UAE tour