Hummingbird News Desk
KOLKATA, 28 JULY: Partha Chatterjee, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal, was today removed from the state cabinet.
In a notification issued by the West Bengal government, it was announced that Chatterjee has been relieved of his duties as minister in the Mamata Banerjee-led state government.
Chatterjee, secretary-general of TMC was the minister in charge for Department of Industry, Commerce and Enterprises, Department of Information Technology and Electronics, Department of Parliamentary Affairs and Department of Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction.
Mamata Banerjee in a statement said, “I have removed Partha Chatterjee as a minister. My party takes strict action.”
Ms Banerjee has taken charge of all the departments that are currentlt held by Mr Chatterjee for the time being, according to an order issued by the state chief secretary H K Dwivedi this afternoon.
Meanwhile, the decision to expel Chatterjee was reportedly taken in a cabinet meeting amid demands for his expulsion. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee took over the departments till a new council of ministers is announced.
The demand for Chatterjee’s removal also came amid the opposition BJP and CPI-M’s attack on the TMC for not taking any action against him even as huge amounts of cash were recovered from properties linked to him.
TMC leaders have been expressing concern about public perception over the recovery of the cash and gold.
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