By means of PTI
KOLKATA: The over-five-decade-long political profession of senior TMC chief Partha Chatterjee turns out to have won an enormous jolt with the Enforcement Directorate arresting him on Saturday in reference to its investigation into the alleged college jobs rip-off in West Bengal.
Chatterjee, 69, who right now holds the trade and state parliamentary affairs portfolios of the Mamata Banerjee govt, was once the training minister from 2014 to 2021, all the way through which the alleged irregularities in trainer recruitment took place.
He stepped into politics as a pacesetter of Congress scholars’ wing – Chatra Parishad – within the overdue sixties all the way through his school years, impressed by means of then firebrand early life leaders Subrata Mukherjee and Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi.
His political profession halted after he took up a high-profile company task within the mid-seventies however he stored in contact with then Congress leaders.
Chatterjee determined to take a plunge into energetic politics after Banerjee broke clear of the Congress and shaped the TMC on January 1, 1998.
He went directly to win from the Behala Paschim Meeting constituency for 5 consecutive phrases since 2001 on a TMC price tag.
Chatterjee’s excessive level in his political profession got here in 2006 when he was once appointed because the chief of the TMC get together within the meeting and later chief of the opposition.
As Banerjee fought towards the mighty Left Entrance regime at the streets of Bengal at the factor of forcible land acquisition in Singur and Nandigram, Chatterjee was the voice of the opposition within the meeting.
Chatterjee was once at the leading edge when his get together took on then leader minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya within the meeting at the problems with land acquisitions.
Throughout that duration in 2007, he was once appointed as TMC’s secretary-general by means of Banerjee.
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After the get together got here to energy 4 years later, he was once given rate of trade and parliamentary affairs.
On the other hand, in a cupboard reshuffle in 2014, he was once got rid of from the trade division and entrusted with the duty of training.
Thought to be a loyalist of the get together supremo, Chatterjee, in conjunction with a couple of others, was once at the leading edge in main the previous guards all the way through the alleged inner-party fight between the younger brigade and the veterans that broke out within the TMC in January-February this 12 months.
After the get together returned to energy for the 3rd consecutive time in 2021, he was once given the rate of trade and parliamentary affairs departments.
He’s referred to as an affable and approachable chief in political circles.
His identify had additionally cropped up in a Ponzi scheme, which was once being probed by means of the Central Bureau of Investigation.
He has, on the other hand, denied the allegations as politically motivated.
The Trinamool Congress secretary overall was once arrested by means of the ED after round 26 hours of grilling in his place of dwelling since Friday morning in reference to its probe into the alleged college jobs rip-off.
He was once later produced prior to a pass judgement on within the Bankshall courtroom right here and despatched to the ED custody for 2 days.
KOLKATA: The over-five-decade-long political profession of senior TMC chief Partha Chatterjee turns out to have won an enormous jolt with the Enforcement Directorate arresting him on Saturday in reference to its investigation into the alleged college jobs rip-off in West Bengal.
Chatterjee, 69, who right now holds the trade and state parliamentary affairs portfolios of the Mamata Banerjee govt, was once the training minister from 2014 to 2021, all the way through which the alleged irregularities in trainer recruitment took place.
He stepped into politics as a pacesetter of Congress scholars’ wing – Chatra Parishad – within the overdue sixties all the way through his school years, impressed by means of then firebrand early life leaders Subrata Mukherjee and Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi.
His political profession halted after he took up a high-profile company task within the mid-seventies however he stored in contact with then Congress leaders.
Chatterjee determined to take a plunge into energetic politics after Banerjee broke clear of the Congress and shaped the TMC on January 1, 1998.
He went directly to win from the Behala Paschim Meeting constituency for 5 consecutive phrases since 2001 on a TMC price tag.
Chatterjee’s excessive level in his political profession got here in 2006 when he was once appointed because the chief of the TMC get together within the meeting and later chief of the opposition.
As Banerjee fought towards the mighty Left Entrance regime at the streets of Bengal at the factor of forcible land acquisition in Singur and Nandigram, Chatterjee was the voice of the opposition within the meeting.
Chatterjee was once at the leading edge when his get together took on then leader minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya within the meeting at the problems with land acquisitions.
Throughout that duration in 2007, he was once appointed as TMC’s secretary-general by means of Banerjee.
READ HERE | Trainer recruitment rip-off: Arrested Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee hospitalised
After the get together got here to energy 4 years later, he was once given rate of trade and parliamentary affairs.
On the other hand, in a cupboard reshuffle in 2014, he was once got rid of from the trade division and entrusted with the duty of training.
Thought to be a loyalist of the get together supremo, Chatterjee, in conjunction with a couple of others, was once at the leading edge in main the previous guards all the way through the alleged inner-party fight between the younger brigade and the veterans that broke out within the TMC in January-February this 12 months.
After the get together returned to energy for the 3rd consecutive time in 2021, he was once given the rate of trade and parliamentary affairs departments.
He’s referred to as an affable and approachable chief in political circles.
His identify had additionally cropped up in a Ponzi scheme, which was once being probed by means of the Central Bureau of Investigation.
He has, on the other hand, denied the allegations as politically motivated.
The Trinamool Congress secretary overall was once arrested by means of the ED after round 26 hours of grilling in his place of dwelling since Friday morning in reference to its probe into the alleged college jobs rip-off.
He was once later produced prior to a pass judgement on within the Bankshall courtroom right here and despatched to the ED custody for 2 days.