Patna, May 16 -- A day after a First Information report was filed against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee for allegedly making inflammatory speeches in the run-up to the West Bengal assembly elections, Bihar Minister Dilip Jaiswal on Saturday accused the former of being involved in corruption during their TMC tenure, which came to an end following the BJP's historic victory in the polls.

"The way Abhishek Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress have looted Bengal, many of its ministers, along with Abhishek Banerjee, have pushed the state back significantly through their involvement in corruption. In the near future, such corrupt leaders will be lawfully sent to jail," he told ANI.

An FIR dated May 15 has been registered against TMC MP Abhishek Ban...