‘When will ED freeze temple funds?' Derek O'Brien questions TMC accounts freeze
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien has challenged the Enforcement Directorate's decision to freeze the party's bank accounts. He questioned the agency's focus by asking when they would investigate alleged financial irregularities involving temple funds.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing political tensions between the Indian opposition and central investigative agencies regarding the use of anti-money laundering laws.
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien on Friday (July 10, 2026) questioned the Enforcement Directorate freezing three bank accounts of the party, asking when it would freeze “temple funds”, in an apparent reference to the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
“ED freezes TMC's 3 bank accounts with HDFC. When will ED freeze temple funds?” Mr. O’Brien, Trinamool’s national joint secretary, said in a post on X.
ED freezes TMC's 3 bank accounts with HDFC. When will ED freeze temple funds.
The remarks came amid the Opposition's demand for a judicial probe into the alleged financial irregularities in the Ram temple’s donation management system.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday (July 8) said it has frozen three bank accounts of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), with deposits worth ₹440 crore, under the anti-money laundering law following searches in an alleged funds misappropriation case.
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