Kolkata: Trinamool Congress spokesperson Kunal Ghosh Saturday said that those involved in the teachers recruitment scam must be punished or it will create a precedent in future.
In an apparent reference to Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the teachers recruitment scam, he said those tasked with resolving the crisis have made a mess out of it.
“The school recruitment issue has become a mess because of a few people who were tasked with resolving the crisis. The guilty must be punished or the scam will become a precedent in the future,” Mr Ghosh said.
The ED last week arrested Mr Chatterjee, who was the education minister when the irregularities took place. The central agency is probing the money trail in the scam and has recovered about ₹ 50 crore in cash, besides gold and foreign currency from two flats owned by Mr Chatterjee’s associate Arpita Mukherjee.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had relieved Mr Chatterjee of his portfolios, including the important departments of commerce and industry on Thursday. He was also suspended from the Trinamool Congress and removed from all party posts.
Mr Ghosh requested the agitating candidates of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) candidates to stop their protest demonstration outside Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s office.
“Our party is sympathetic to their cause. But we request the TET candidates to withdraw their protest programme outside Abhishek Banerjee’s office and submit in writing their demands instead,” he said.
Protesting School Service Commission (SSC) job aspirants Friday said their meeting with Ms Banerjee was “fruitful” and he has assured that justice will be delivered.
Following this, a group of TET candidates squatted outside Ms Banerjee’s office on Saturday demanding a similar dialogue with their representatives.
The police forcibly evicted the protestors earlier in the day as the protestors refused to comply with its request to withdraw.
