The ongoing School Service Commission (SSC) jobs appointment scam has taken the state by storm, with Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for over three hours on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Though chief minister Mamata Banerjee has not directly commented on the matter, on Thursday, at a public meeting in Jhargram, she made an all out attack at the former Left Front government on its \u201cmethod of job appointments\u201d, indicating that perhaps her comments were directed at the ongoing controversy. She said that during the former Left Front rule, job appointments were made through \u201cchits of paper\u201d. \u201cI have inquired about it, and learnt that earlier during the 34 years of Left rule, job appointments used to be made through chits of paper. I will gradually disclose all of it. I have not done it so far,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
At the same time, she also attacked the Centre for ruling the country with whims and force by using the Central probe agencies. Apart from Partha Chatterjee, the CBI also questioned another senior Trinamool leader Paresh Pal on Wednesday. Questioning another minister Paresh Adhikary still remains to be done as the minister from north Bengal has not appeared before the Central agency officers yet despite the Calcutta High Court\u2019s order. Trinamool’s Birbhum district chief Anubrata Mondal too faced the CBI on Thursday on a case regarding cattle smuggling.\u00a0Under this backdrop, Mamata Banerjee\u2019s comments appear to be significant as she mentioned \u201cthe way in which the BJP is ruling the country by taking away the freedom of people and ‘taking over’ all important institutions across the country\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere may be mistakes while working, and the person should be given opportunity to rectify. But if the BJP thinks it can throttle us, let me be clear that it won\u2019t be possible to silence Trinamool Congress,\u201d she said. She said that the BJP was not ashamed despite losing in the 2021 Assembly elections, and was trying to project the Trinamool in bad light by spreading lies, in order to win the coming 2024 Lok Sabha polls.<\/p>\n
She also warned leaders of her own party. \u201cRemember that no one is above the party. The party is above everyone, and people are above everything. We are cadres and the ones sitting before us are the real leaders,\u201d she said, indicating the people. \u201cAnd it is for them that our party is called Trinamool Congress. Let no one in our party think we are big shots,\u201d Banerjee said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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