Banerjee additionally asserted that anybody used to be confirmed in charge by means of the courtroom will have to be punished however probe businesses will have to now not be used to malign political events.
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SSC rip-off: BJP is mistaken if it thinks it could destroy my birthday party the usage of companies, says CM Mamata
Via PTI
KOLKATA: If any person is located to blame of wrongdoing, he should be punished, West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee stated on Monday, days after her cupboard colleague Partha Chatterjee used to be arrested within the SSC rip-off through the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Addressing an award serve as of the state govt right here, Banerjee slammed the opposition for a “malicious marketing campaign” introduced in opposition to her, announcing that she does no longer give a boost to corruption.
“Now we have complete religion within the judiciary. There needs to be a period of time inside which the reality and the court docket’s verdict should be out. If any person is confirmed to blame, then she or he should be punished. The birthday party, too, will take motion. However, I condemn the malicious marketing campaign in opposition to me,” she stated.
Regarding the video shared through the BJP, during which she used to be observed interacting with Arpita Mukherjee from whose space Rs 22 crore in money used to be discovered, the executive minister stated the Trinamool Congress has no hyperlinks together with her.
“The birthday party has no relation with that woman, neither do I do know her. I attend a number of programmes, if any person will get clicked with me, is it my fault?” she stated.
Hitting out on the BJP, Banerjee stated that if the birthday party thinks that it could destroy the Trinamool Congress through the usage of central probe companies then it’s mistaken.
“It needs to be observed whether or not it (the investigation) is a lure to malign my birthday party and me. I neither give a boost to corruption nor permit it to reproduce,” she stated.
Chatterjee, the West Bengal Business and Trade Minister, used to be arrested through the ED on Saturday in reference to its investigation into the irregularities within the recruitment drives through the Faculty Carrier Fee (SSC), which allegedly took place when he used to be the state’s schooling minister.
Mukherjee, claimed to be his shut aide, used to be additionally arrested through the company after an enormous sum of money used to be discovered at her south Kolkata condo.
KOLKATA: If any person is located to blame of wrongdoing, he should be punished, West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee stated on Monday, days after her cupboard colleague Partha Chatterjee used to be arrested within the SSC rip-off through the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Addressing an award serve as of the state govt right here, Banerjee slammed the opposition for a “malicious marketing campaign” introduced in opposition to her, announcing that she does no longer give a boost to corruption.
“Now we have complete religion within the judiciary. There needs to be a period of time inside which the reality and the court docket’s verdict should be out. If any person is confirmed to blame, then she or he should be punished. The birthday party, too, will take motion. However, I condemn the malicious marketing campaign in opposition to me,” she stated.
Regarding the video shared through the BJP, during which she used to be observed interacting with Arpita Mukherjee from whose space Rs 22 crore in money used to be discovered, the executive minister stated the Trinamool Congress has no hyperlinks together with her.
“The birthday party has no relation with that woman, neither do I do know her. I attend a number of programmes, if any person will get clicked with me, is it my fault?” she stated.
Hitting out on the BJP, Banerjee stated that if the birthday party thinks that it could destroy the Trinamool Congress through the usage of central probe companies then it’s mistaken.
“It needs to be observed whether or not it (the investigation) is a lure to malign my birthday party and me. I neither give a boost to corruption nor permit it to reproduce,” she stated.
Chatterjee, the West Bengal Business and Trade Minister, used to be arrested through the ED on Saturday in reference to its investigation into the irregularities within the recruitment drives through the Faculty Carrier Fee (SSC), which allegedly took place when he used to be the state’s schooling minister.
Mukherjee, claimed to be his shut aide, used to be additionally arrested through the company after an enormous sum of money used to be discovered at her south Kolkata condo.
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Will write to Mamata on Bengal faculty jobs rip-off: Pradhan
“Fees of flawed benefit lists and different recruitment anomalies had been raised by means of the process aspirants. That is unbecoming in Bengal, the land of worshippers of Goddess Saraswati,” he mentioned.
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Sufficient time for Mamata Banerjee to modify thoughts, says vice presidential candidate Margaret Alva
Through PTI
NEW DELHI: The Opposition’s vice presidential candidate Margaret Alva Saturday described the existing scenario within the non-BJP camp as a “circle of relatives quarrel”, however asserted they’re transparent they are not looking for a one-party rule and had been operating to “sink the variations” and unite for the 2024 problem.
The 80-year-old Alva, who faces an uphill job within the August 6 vice presidential ballot, additionally mentioned the Opposition was once transparent in its goal that the Charter must be defended and democratic establishments safe.
In an interview to PTI, the previous governor mentioned, “The tragedy of these days’s democratic machine is that the mandate of folks does now not succeed and muscle and cash energy, and threats trade the composition of the elected framework.”
On widespread disruptions noticed in Parliament, the multi-term parliamentarian mentioned those interruptions had been going down for the reason that Chair was once “not able to determine compromises” and imagine the Opposition’s perspective.
“How can a democracy serve as with the federal government slogan reputedly being ‘my method or no method’.”
Alva has been fielded by means of the Opposition for the vice presidential ballot contest in opposition to the ruling NDA’s Jagdeep Dhankhar, however the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has introduced it is going to abstain from the election.
READ HERE | From cross-voting to abstaining from vote casting, chinks in Opposition team spirit uncovered
Alva admitted she was once “aghast on the announcement” the TMC would abstain.
“Mamata has been main all the motion to unite the opposition,” Alva mentioned.
“She has been my good friend for a few years and I imagine that there’s sufficient time for her to modify her thoughts”, Alva mentioned.
On Saturday, Alva met Aam Aadmi Celebration chief Arvind Kejriwal to hunt his beef up for her vice presidential bid.
On dynastic politics, which has been continuously been deprecated by means of High Minister Narendra Modi as a risk to democracy, Alva mentioned there may be not anything improper in kids of politicians coming in.
“However they have got to win elections and the boldness of folks and be accredited.”
Alva, a former Congress normal secretary, had wondered the denial of a social gathering price ticket to her son within the 2008 Karnataka elections when wards of leaders in different states have been accommodated.
On her rival Dhankhar’s tenure as West Bengal governor, she mentioned there’s a ‘Lakshman Rekha’ a Raj Bhawan occupant must admire. “It’s unethical and unconstitutional to serve as as a social gathering consultant when preserving the constitutional place of business,” Alva mentioned.
Downplaying the obvious cracks within the Opposition betrayed by means of the cross-voting within the presidential ballot on July 18, Alva mentioned, “Opposition events are making efforts to sink their variations and paintings in combination earlier than the overall elections. I feel they really feel the desire and the urgency of discovering a not unusual platform to stand the problem of 2024. There could be ups and downs, variations however the goal is apparent, they’re involved they usually wish to make some degree. The Charter must be defended and democratic establishments need to be safe. We don’t need a one-party rule.”
The veteran Congress chief, who has spent just about 50 years in politics, mentioned the variations within the Opposition bloc had been “like a circle of relatives quarrel” which might be resolved.
“We will be able to sit down and type it out,” she mentioned, including “She (Mamata) could be very a lot a part of us and her fundamental ideology is that of the Congress. I at all times imagine her considered one of us. I imagine we will be able to sit down and type out any variations that experience arisen. She has been preventing the BJP all alongside. There is not any method she will be able to lend a hand the BJP win.”
The Congress veteran, who has served as governor of Goa, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand, additionally favoured consensus at the posts of president and vp, announcing the federal government will have to take the initiative and have interaction quite a lot of events and forge a not unusual floor.
At the standing of democracy within the nation, she mentioned “it isn’t the mandate of the folks that prevails” at the moment.
“In quite a lot of states, the mandate of the folks is overlooked and muscle energy, cash energy and threats trade the composition of the elected framework,” Alva mentioned, mentioning the examples of Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh.
She added, “Lately, it’s scary once I go searching. It is a other international altogether. You can not consume what you need, you can’t put on what you need, you can’t say what you need, you can’t even meet folks what you need. What is that this time?” She mentioned parliamentary disruptions are unlucky.
“The purpose is why are there disruptions?” she requested.
“This is because the Chair is not able to determine compromises and determine some way through which the perspective of the opposition and their calls for for dialogue and debate may also be labored into the schedule of the home. You’ll’t simply cross 22 expenses in 12 mins, with out debate, with out dialogue,” the opposition candidate mentioned.
“How can a democracy serve as like this? The federal government’s slogan appears to be both my method or no method. You do not permit a dialogue and you do not need to listen to a perspective which isn’t like yours. It’s the folks struggling out of doors — not unusual folks, the voter, the taxpayer”, Alva famous.
Noting that she has been a governor and a attorney — her vice presidential ballot rival Dhankhar has additionally served as governor and attorney — she mentioned, “He (Dhankhar) has been preventing a girl within the state (West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee) and now he’s preventing some other lady within the election. One thing in his stars.”
Alva mentioned Dhankhar is “being rewarded” for the onerous political stance he took as West Bengal governor.
“I’ve additionally been a governor and also you are meant to be non-partisan. You are meant to lend a hand your govt serve as. There’s a Lakshman Rekha, which you may have to bear in mind as soon as you might be within the Raj Bhawan. You’ll’t sit down there and serve as because the consultant of your social gathering. I feel it’s unethical and unconstitutional.”
READ HERE | VP polls: TMC’s resolution to abstain from vote casting disappointing, says Alva; now not in opposition to her: Trinamool
Talking about her personal adventure, Alva mentioned Indira Gandhi was once her political mentor.
“Indira ji handpicked me for Parliament, however my in-laws helped me develop. The numbers within the electoral school are closely in opposition to Alva, however she mentioned in democracy it was once essential to simply accept the problem, however the concerns of victory or loss. Since the numbers are stacked in opposition to us, will have to we now not combat the election? I feel in a democratic machine, win or loss, it’s important to settle for the problem and position your perspective earlier than your MPs who at the moment are the electoral school. We’ve got a special perspective from the federal government and the desire is for many who are on a not unusual platform to simply accept the problem,” Alva mentioned.
The veteran chief additionally pointed to her struggles announcing she has arise the ladder of politics — from block stage to being MP, minister and governor — all by means of the distinctive feature of “onerous paintings, dedication and blank politics”.
“That is some other bankruptcy,” mentioned Alva, who had returned to Bengaluru to settle, however returned when known as upon by means of the Opposition to combat the August 6 election.
NEW DELHI: The Opposition’s vice presidential candidate Margaret Alva Saturday described the existing scenario within the non-BJP camp as a “circle of relatives quarrel”, however asserted they’re transparent they are not looking for a one-party rule and had been operating to “sink the variations” and unite for the 2024 problem.
The 80-year-old Alva, who faces an uphill job within the August 6 vice presidential ballot, additionally mentioned the Opposition was once transparent in its goal that the Charter must be defended and democratic establishments safe.
In an interview to PTI, the previous governor mentioned, “The tragedy of these days’s democratic machine is that the mandate of folks does now not succeed and muscle and cash energy, and threats trade the composition of the elected framework.”
On widespread disruptions noticed in Parliament, the multi-term parliamentarian mentioned those interruptions had been going down for the reason that Chair was once “not able to determine compromises” and imagine the Opposition’s perspective.
“How can a democracy serve as with the federal government slogan reputedly being ‘my method or no method’.”
Alva has been fielded by means of the Opposition for the vice presidential ballot contest in opposition to the ruling NDA’s Jagdeep Dhankhar, however the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has introduced it is going to abstain from the election.
READ HERE | From cross-voting to abstaining from vote casting, chinks in Opposition team spirit uncovered
Alva admitted she was once “aghast on the announcement” the TMC would abstain.
“Mamata has been main all the motion to unite the opposition,” Alva mentioned.
“She has been my good friend for a few years and I imagine that there’s sufficient time for her to modify her thoughts”, Alva mentioned.
On Saturday, Alva met Aam Aadmi Celebration chief Arvind Kejriwal to hunt his beef up for her vice presidential bid.
On dynastic politics, which has been continuously been deprecated by means of High Minister Narendra Modi as a risk to democracy, Alva mentioned there may be not anything improper in kids of politicians coming in.
“However they have got to win elections and the boldness of folks and be accredited.”
Alva, a former Congress normal secretary, had wondered the denial of a social gathering price ticket to her son within the 2008 Karnataka elections when wards of leaders in different states have been accommodated.
On her rival Dhankhar’s tenure as West Bengal governor, she mentioned there’s a ‘Lakshman Rekha’ a Raj Bhawan occupant must admire. “It’s unethical and unconstitutional to serve as as a social gathering consultant when preserving the constitutional place of business,” Alva mentioned.
Downplaying the obvious cracks within the Opposition betrayed by means of the cross-voting within the presidential ballot on July 18, Alva mentioned, “Opposition events are making efforts to sink their variations and paintings in combination earlier than the overall elections. I feel they really feel the desire and the urgency of discovering a not unusual platform to stand the problem of 2024. There could be ups and downs, variations however the goal is apparent, they’re involved they usually wish to make some degree. The Charter must be defended and democratic establishments need to be safe. We don’t need a one-party rule.”
The veteran Congress chief, who has spent just about 50 years in politics, mentioned the variations within the Opposition bloc had been “like a circle of relatives quarrel” which might be resolved.
“We will be able to sit down and type it out,” she mentioned, including “She (Mamata) could be very a lot a part of us and her fundamental ideology is that of the Congress. I at all times imagine her considered one of us. I imagine we will be able to sit down and type out any variations that experience arisen. She has been preventing the BJP all alongside. There is not any method she will be able to lend a hand the BJP win.”
The Congress veteran, who has served as governor of Goa, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand, additionally favoured consensus at the posts of president and vp, announcing the federal government will have to take the initiative and have interaction quite a lot of events and forge a not unusual floor.
At the standing of democracy within the nation, she mentioned “it isn’t the mandate of the folks that prevails” at the moment.
“In quite a lot of states, the mandate of the folks is overlooked and muscle energy, cash energy and threats trade the composition of the elected framework,” Alva mentioned, mentioning the examples of Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh.
She added, “Lately, it’s scary once I go searching. It is a other international altogether. You can not consume what you need, you can’t put on what you need, you can’t say what you need, you can’t even meet folks what you need. What is that this time?” She mentioned parliamentary disruptions are unlucky.
“The purpose is why are there disruptions?” she requested.
“This is because the Chair is not able to determine compromises and determine some way through which the perspective of the opposition and their calls for for dialogue and debate may also be labored into the schedule of the home. You’ll’t simply cross 22 expenses in 12 mins, with out debate, with out dialogue,” the opposition candidate mentioned.
“How can a democracy serve as like this? The federal government’s slogan appears to be both my method or no method. You do not permit a dialogue and you do not need to listen to a perspective which isn’t like yours. It’s the folks struggling out of doors — not unusual folks, the voter, the taxpayer”, Alva famous.
Noting that she has been a governor and a attorney — her vice presidential ballot rival Dhankhar has additionally served as governor and attorney — she mentioned, “He (Dhankhar) has been preventing a girl within the state (West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee) and now he’s preventing some other lady within the election. One thing in his stars.”
Alva mentioned Dhankhar is “being rewarded” for the onerous political stance he took as West Bengal governor.
“I’ve additionally been a governor and also you are meant to be non-partisan. You are meant to lend a hand your govt serve as. There’s a Lakshman Rekha, which you may have to bear in mind as soon as you might be within the Raj Bhawan. You’ll’t sit down there and serve as because the consultant of your social gathering. I feel it’s unethical and unconstitutional.”
READ HERE | VP polls: TMC’s resolution to abstain from vote casting disappointing, says Alva; now not in opposition to her: Trinamool
Talking about her personal adventure, Alva mentioned Indira Gandhi was once her political mentor.
“Indira ji handpicked me for Parliament, however my in-laws helped me develop. The numbers within the electoral school are closely in opposition to Alva, however she mentioned in democracy it was once essential to simply accept the problem, however the concerns of victory or loss. Since the numbers are stacked in opposition to us, will have to we now not combat the election? I feel in a democratic machine, win or loss, it’s important to settle for the problem and position your perspective earlier than your MPs who at the moment are the electoral school. We’ve got a special perspective from the federal government and the desire is for many who are on a not unusual platform to simply accept the problem,” Alva mentioned.
The veteran chief additionally pointed to her struggles announcing she has arise the ladder of politics — from block stage to being MP, minister and governor — all by means of the distinctive feature of “onerous paintings, dedication and blank politics”.
“That is some other bankruptcy,” mentioned Alva, who had returned to Bengaluru to settle, however returned when known as upon by means of the Opposition to combat the August 6 election.
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ED questions former Bengal Schooling Minister in SSC rip-off, seizes Rs 20 crore from aide
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KOLKATA: An afternoon after Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of misusing central businesses in opposition to her celebration leaders, Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths arrived at former schooling minister and celebration secretary normal Partha Chatterjee’s area in Kolkata on Friday and interrogated him for just about 10 hours over alleged irregularities in recruitment of lecturers in colleges in the course of the Faculty Provider Fee.
The ED recovered Rs 20 crore from one of the crucial places, owned by means of a girl recognized to Chatterjee. “Throughout the process searches, the ED recovered Rs 20 crore money from the residential premises of Arpita Mukherjee. The sum is suspected to be proceeds of SSC rip-off,” ED said.
ED groups, comprising 80 body of workers, performed simultaneous raids at 13 places, together with homes of state minister Paresh Adhikari in Cooch Behar and previous consultant of SSC’s screening committee Santi Prasad Sinha.
Chatterjee, who’s now the trade and industries minister, has been interrogated by means of the CBI two times on this case.
Whilst he may just no longer be contacted, Adhikari stated, “I’m in Kolkata. I heard that ED officers reached my area however I don’t know the main points.’’
But even so, they performed simultaneous raids within the homes of former consultant of the West Bengal Faculty Provider Fee (SSC) Shanti Prasad Sinha, ex-president of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Schooling Kalyanmoy Ganguly and 9 others, the respectable stated.
The CBI, as directed by means of the Calcutta Top Courtroom, is having a look into the alleged irregularities dedicated within the recruitment of Workforce-C and D group of workers in addition to lecturers in government-sponsored and aided colleges on suggestions of the West Bengal Faculty Provider Fee.
The ED is monitoring the cash path within the rip-off.
“ED is wearing out seek operations at more than a few premises connected to recruitment rip-off within the West Bengal Faculty Provider Fee and West Bengal Number one Schooling Board,” the company stated on its respectable Twitter care for.
The company shared 4 pictures of piles of money within the denomination of Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 but even so various sealed packets within a room, with out disclosing the volume or the landlord of where.
ED resources, then again, stated that round Rs 20 crore in money and greater than 15 cell phones have been seized from the place of dwelling of a girl, a detailed affiliate of Chatterjee, within the town’s Tollygunge space following a raid there within the night, an respectable stated.
It’s learnt that she has acted in different Bengali, Odia and Tamil movies in recent times.
No less than 7-8 ED officers reached the Naktala place of dwelling of Chatterjee, the previous schooling minister, at round 8:30 am with a couple of CRPF body of workers maintaining guard outdoor.
They puzzled him for greater than 11 hours in regards to the alleged rip-off.
At one level of time, the senior Trinamool Congress chief complained of uneasiness following which a group of docs from the state-run SSKM Health center have been known as by means of the ED sleuths, a supply stated.
“An ECG used to be performed at the minister and his situation used to be strong,” stated the supply, who’s with reference to the minister.
Throughout the interrogation, ED officers took away cell phones of the minister’s non-public assistant in addition to the safety guards.
Chatterjee, lately industries and trade minister, held the schooling portfolio when the rip-off used to be allegedly pulled off.
He used to be interrogated by means of the CBI two times previous, as soon as on April 26 after which on Might 18.
Raids have been additionally performed on the place of dwelling of one in every of Chatterjee’s shut mates at Pingla in Paschim Medinipur district, an respectable of the ED stated, although he declined to remark whether or not the raid used to be in reference to the probe into the similar rip-off or no longer.
The company sleuths, who raided Adhikari’s place of dwelling at Mekhliganj in Cooch Behar district puzzled his members of the family together with his daughter Ankita Adhikari in his absence, he said.
Ankita lately misplaced her activity as an assistant trainer at a central authority faculty the place she used to be appointed in the course of the SSC two years in the past after it used to be discovered “unlawful” by means of the prime court docket.
Adhikari who had additionally been grilled by means of the CBI previous instructed newshounds in Kolkata he may just no longer get involved along with his circle of relatives over the telephone.
“They didn’t intimate us in regards to the discuss with to our area these days. I’m in Kolkata in reference to the July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally of the TMC. Had I been round, I’d have handled them to muri (puffed rice), he stated.
ED sleuths additionally performed simultaneous raids on the flats of former chairman of the West Bengal Board of Number one Schooling, Manik Bhattacharya, in addition to the board’s interim-president Ratna Chakraborty Bagchi, who may be its secretary.
The TMC described the concerted raids as a ploy by means of the BJP authorities on the Centre to bother political warring parties.
“This raid by means of ED, an afternoon after the impressive Martyrs’ Day rally that created ripples all over the place the rustic, is not anything however an try to harass and intimidate leaders of the TMC. The CBI has already interrogated them (ministers) as a part of a court docket directive and they’re cooperating. Now, the ED is being invoked handiest to discredit them. The cash laundering factor is being invented by means of the BJP,” senior TMC chief and minister Firhad Hakim stated.
The BJP, then again, alleged that the TMC aided large-scale anomalies within the recruitment strategy of lecturers on the number one, higher number one and secondary ranges since coming to energy within the state.
“TMC leaders and folks with reference to them duped lakhs of certified youths and passed over their jobs to ineligible ones. The CBI and ED are progressing at the proper trail. Extra skeletons will tumble out of the cabinet. The BJP has no function to play in the problem,” the saffron celebration’s nationwide vice-president, Dilip Ghosh, added.
(With PTI Inputs)
KOLKATA: An afternoon after Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of misusing central businesses in opposition to her celebration leaders, Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths arrived at former schooling minister and celebration secretary normal Partha Chatterjee’s area in Kolkata on Friday and interrogated him for just about 10 hours over alleged irregularities in recruitment of lecturers in colleges in the course of the Faculty Provider Fee.
The ED recovered Rs 20 crore from one of the crucial places, owned by means of a girl recognized to Chatterjee. “Throughout the process searches, the ED recovered Rs 20 crore money from the residential premises of Arpita Mukherjee. The sum is suspected to be proceeds of SSC rip-off,” ED said.
ED groups, comprising 80 body of workers, performed simultaneous raids at 13 places, together with homes of state minister Paresh Adhikari in Cooch Behar and previous consultant of SSC’s screening committee Santi Prasad Sinha.
Chatterjee, who’s now the trade and industries minister, has been interrogated by means of the CBI two times on this case.
Whilst he may just no longer be contacted, Adhikari stated, “I’m in Kolkata. I heard that ED officers reached my area however I don’t know the main points.’’
But even so, they performed simultaneous raids within the homes of former consultant of the West Bengal Faculty Provider Fee (SSC) Shanti Prasad Sinha, ex-president of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Schooling Kalyanmoy Ganguly and 9 others, the respectable stated.
The CBI, as directed by means of the Calcutta Top Courtroom, is having a look into the alleged irregularities dedicated within the recruitment of Workforce-C and D group of workers in addition to lecturers in government-sponsored and aided colleges on suggestions of the West Bengal Faculty Provider Fee.
The ED is monitoring the cash path within the rip-off.
“ED is wearing out seek operations at more than a few premises connected to recruitment rip-off within the West Bengal Faculty Provider Fee and West Bengal Number one Schooling Board,” the company stated on its respectable Twitter care for.
The company shared 4 pictures of piles of money within the denomination of Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 but even so various sealed packets within a room, with out disclosing the volume or the landlord of where.
ED resources, then again, stated that round Rs 20 crore in money and greater than 15 cell phones have been seized from the place of dwelling of a girl, a detailed affiliate of Chatterjee, within the town’s Tollygunge space following a raid there within the night, an respectable stated.
It’s learnt that she has acted in different Bengali, Odia and Tamil movies in recent times.
No less than 7-8 ED officers reached the Naktala place of dwelling of Chatterjee, the previous schooling minister, at round 8:30 am with a couple of CRPF body of workers maintaining guard outdoor.
They puzzled him for greater than 11 hours in regards to the alleged rip-off.
At one level of time, the senior Trinamool Congress chief complained of uneasiness following which a group of docs from the state-run SSKM Health center have been known as by means of the ED sleuths, a supply stated.
“An ECG used to be performed at the minister and his situation used to be strong,” stated the supply, who’s with reference to the minister.
Throughout the interrogation, ED officers took away cell phones of the minister’s non-public assistant in addition to the safety guards.
Chatterjee, lately industries and trade minister, held the schooling portfolio when the rip-off used to be allegedly pulled off.
He used to be interrogated by means of the CBI two times previous, as soon as on April 26 after which on Might 18.
Raids have been additionally performed on the place of dwelling of one in every of Chatterjee’s shut mates at Pingla in Paschim Medinipur district, an respectable of the ED stated, although he declined to remark whether or not the raid used to be in reference to the probe into the similar rip-off or no longer.
The company sleuths, who raided Adhikari’s place of dwelling at Mekhliganj in Cooch Behar district puzzled his members of the family together with his daughter Ankita Adhikari in his absence, he said.
Ankita lately misplaced her activity as an assistant trainer at a central authority faculty the place she used to be appointed in the course of the SSC two years in the past after it used to be discovered “unlawful” by means of the prime court docket.
Adhikari who had additionally been grilled by means of the CBI previous instructed newshounds in Kolkata he may just no longer get involved along with his circle of relatives over the telephone.
“They didn’t intimate us in regards to the discuss with to our area these days. I’m in Kolkata in reference to the July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally of the TMC. Had I been round, I’d have handled them to muri (puffed rice), he stated.
ED sleuths additionally performed simultaneous raids on the flats of former chairman of the West Bengal Board of Number one Schooling, Manik Bhattacharya, in addition to the board’s interim-president Ratna Chakraborty Bagchi, who may be its secretary.
The TMC described the concerted raids as a ploy by means of the BJP authorities on the Centre to bother political warring parties.
“This raid by means of ED, an afternoon after the impressive Martyrs’ Day rally that created ripples all over the place the rustic, is not anything however an try to harass and intimidate leaders of the TMC. The CBI has already interrogated them (ministers) as a part of a court docket directive and they’re cooperating. Now, the ED is being invoked handiest to discredit them. The cash laundering factor is being invented by means of the BJP,” senior TMC chief and minister Firhad Hakim stated.
The BJP, then again, alleged that the TMC aided large-scale anomalies within the recruitment strategy of lecturers on the number one, higher number one and secondary ranges since coming to energy within the state.
“TMC leaders and folks with reference to them duped lakhs of certified youths and passed over their jobs to ineligible ones. The CBI and ED are progressing at the proper trail. Extra skeletons will tumble out of the cabinet. The BJP has no function to play in the problem,” the saffron celebration’s nationwide vice-president, Dilip Ghosh, added.
(With PTI Inputs)
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Amid controversy, Kolkata Metro says Mamata invited for station inauguration
Through PTI
KOLKATA: Metro Railway Kolkata on Sunday night time mentioned it has invited Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee for the inauguration of the Sealdah metro station of the East-West Line, amid the talk over it.
The station is scheduled to be inaugurated by means of Union Minister Smriti Irani on Monday just about from Howrah.
A proper invitation has been despatched to the Leader Minister’s Administrative center (CMO), and native TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay and TMC MLAs Nayna Bandyopadhyay and Paresh Friend, a Metro Railway spokesperson informed PTI.
A supply at state secretariat Nabanna mentioned, the invitation has been gained however the leader minister could be travelling to northern West Bengal on Monday.
Hitting out on the BJP-led govt within the Centre, the ruling TMC mentioned the “last-minute” invitation was once precipitated by means of public drive.
“That is not anything however last-minute realisation by means of the Metro of its mistake within the face of mounting public complaint.
They knew in regards to the CM’s deliberate go back and forth to north Bengal, however nonetheless they organised the programme in order that she isn’t in a position to wait,” TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy claimed.
“We would like the carrier to begin as scheduled within the hobby of the folk,” he mentioned.
The Metro Railway Kolkata, the oldest within the nation, is part of the Indian Railways, not like the metro methods in different portions of India the place state governments have stakes within the working firms.
The BJP mentioned the TMC made a hue and cry over the problem in spite of realizing that such authentic invites do take time to succeed in the invitees.
“Nonetheless, none of our MLAs or MPs get invites to authentic purposes of the state govt. The TMC will have to hang a reflect to itself,” BJP’s nationwide vice-president Dilip Ghosh mentioned.
Industrial services and products on the swanky Sealdah metro station, connecting the IT hub of Sector 5, will start on July 15.
It is part of the East-West hall, part of which is constructed beneath the Hooghly river.
The brand new station is not going to most effective building up the ridership of the road, but in addition it’s going to be a boon for folks residing within the suburbs to succeed in the IT hub simply once you have down from native trains at Sealdah.
When finished, the hall will attach Howrah to Kolkata and Salt Lake.
The basis stone for the venture was once laid in February 2009 by means of then leader minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in presence of then Union minister Pranab Mukherjee.
It was once to start with scheduled to start out operations in October 2014, however has overlooked a number of closing dates.
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Mamata govt at hand out loans to 67 lakh girls SHGs forward of panchayat polls
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KOLKATA: Hoping to strike a twine with girls previous to the panchayat ballot subsequent yr, the state govt on Monday made up our minds to offer monetary help to 67 lakh girls by means of providing them mortgage by way of self-help teams.
Ladies proved to be the Trinamool Congress’ sturdy vote-bank in remaining yr’s Meeting elections.
As in keeping with plan, monetary support of Rs 17,000 crore can be given to six.69 lakh self-help teams. Within the earlier monetary yr, the quantity of monetary help was once Rs 13,000 crore.
Previous to the 2021 elections, Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee had promised to provide per thirty days dole for ladies homemakers.
After TMC received for a 3rd immediately time period, she introduced the ‘Lakhir Bhandar’, which gives per thirty days help of Rs 1,000 for SC and ST girls, and Rs 500 for others.
In line with a TMC chief, “The promise prior to the Meeting elections proved to be her masterstroke in consolidating girls votes in TMC’s favour. Now, the extra Rs 4,000 crore grant for self-help teams is aimed to retain this give a boost to for the panchayat polls.”
The self-help teams in south Bengal districts can be given a goal of over Rs 1,000 crore every.
“Those districts are thought to be our bastions,’’ stated the chief.
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In a safety breach, guy will get into Mamata’s place of dwelling & lingers for hours sooner than being held
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KOLKATA: In a safety breach at leader minister Mamata Banerjee’s place of dwelling, a Z class safety zone in south Kolkata’s Kalighat, a person in his mid-40s was once discovered beside the CM’s legitimate car on Sunday morning. The suspect was once passed over to the native police station. The police are wondering the accused to determine whether or not he’s mentally unsound.
Senior police officers, together with commissioner of police Vineet Goyal, visited the CM’s place of dwelling and reviewed the protection association. ‘’We’ve got tightened the protection ring across the CM’s place of dwelling following the incident of trespassing,’’ mentioned Murli Dhar, the joint commissioner of police (crime).
Initial investigation printed the person entered the premises of Mamata’s place of dwelling within the wee hours of Sunday.
“Throughout interrogation, the individual admitted that he climbed up the boundary wall of CM’s place of dwelling round 1 am and spent the remainder of the evening hiding on the position the place the car was once parked. We’re stunned to understand how did he breach the protection and hoodwink the vigil of police team of workers,’’ mentioned a senior police officer.
The officer mentioned police have been interrogating the suspect to determine the purpose of the trespassing.
“We also are interrogating the police team of workers who was once on responsibility on the CM’s place of dwelling,’’ mentioned the officer.
Lately, an aged couple was once murdered in the similar house elevating questions in regards to the safety association within the locality the place the CM is living.
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Murmu has higher probabilities to win prez polls after Maha building: Mamata
Banerjee stressed out that “a consensus candidate is at all times higher for the rustic”.
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Mamata to make use of state finances as Centre withholds float
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KOLKATA: Expressing her ire over the Centre’s choice to withhold the discharge of finances below the MGNREGA scheme to West Bengal over alleged anomalies, Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday stated her executive would assemble village roads the usage of its personal finances. She directed the zila parishads and panchayat samitis to utilise their finances for the aim of creating roads in rural Bengal.
The verdict of wearing out the works at state’s expenditure appears to be aimed on the panchayat elections scheduled to be held subsequent 12 months. “The central executive has stopped the discharge of finances below the MGNREGA scheme. Development of roads in villages is essentially the most visual construction paintings in rural Bengal,” Mamata stated in an administrative assembly in Burdwan on Wednesday.
“Folks get direct advantages of excellent roads. I’m directing the zila parishads and panchayat samitis to hold out the development of village roads ahead of the panchayat elections,’’ she added. Speaking about converting the identify of the schemes, the CM stated, “In Gujarat and different states, the central schemes are recognized by means of other names. Since we give a contribution 40 consistent with cent of the associated fee in those initiatives, there’s not anything fallacious in it.’’