Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee On Monday she said she does not support corruption and would not mind “if the convicts are given life imprisonment” following the arrest of Minister of State Partha Chatterjee in connection with an alleged school job scam.
Talking to reporters, he said, “We have full faith in the judiciary. There should be a time limit within which the truth and the court’s decision should come. If someone is found guilty, he must be punished. The party will also take action. But, I condemn the malicious campaign against me.”
Regarding Arpita Mukherjee, Partha Chatterjee’s “close associate” running at least 12 shell companies by the Enforcement Directorate, the Chief Minister said, “The truth should come out but within a time limit. If the truth is proved then I will There will be no objection to the fact that the culprits are given life imprisonment.”
The TMC supremo condemned the “malicious campaign” against him by the BJP after he shared a video in which he was seen interacting with Arpita Mukherjee and said that the Trinamool Congress has nothing to do with her.
Banerjee demanded why the opposition was using her picture. “I go to a puja, how do I know if the organizer calls someone on stage?” he said. “The party has nothing to do with the woman, nor do I know her. I go to many shows, if someone clicks with me, is it my fault? He added.
Accusing the BJP of using central agencies to ‘break’ the TMC-led government, Banerjee said, “BJP is wrong if it thinks it can break my party by using agencies.”
Banerjee criticized political parties for accusing the entire TMC party of being corrupt due to the alleged actions of the Education Minister. “I thought politics is sacrifice. But tell me, are all students in a school the same? There are different people. I won’t support any bad deed or any corruption.” he said.
The Chief Minister further said, “If anyone has been involved in wrong activities, none of us will interfere in it, no matter how hard the decision may be taken. We will not support them.”
Chatterjee, who is currently the Minister of Industry and Parliamentary Affairs in the Mamata Banerjee government, was remanded in ED custody till Monday by a trial court in Kolkata. He was arrested by the ED on Saturday in connection with a probe into irregularities in the recruitment drive by the School Service Commission (SSC), which allegedly took place when he was the state’s education minister.
Meanwhile, Partha Chatterjee was taken to Odisha by the Enforcement Directorate in an air ambulance and admitted to AIIMS, Bhubaneswar as per the direction of the Calcutta High Court.
A city court on Sunday sent Mukherjee to one-day ED custody after he was arrested after a marathon questioning at his residence where Rs 22 crore in cash and other valuables were allegedly recovered by officials of the central agency. were done.
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