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Victim Of Conspiracy, Time Will Reveal Everything: Partha Chatterjee in First Reaction After Being Sacked by TMC

West Bengal SSC Scam Latest Update: This was Patha Chatterjee's first reaction after Mamata Banerjee sacked him from all ministries and suspended him from the party.

Updated: July 29, 2022 4:48 PM IST

By India.com News Desk | Edited by Manmath Nayak

After his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday, Partha Chatterjee had called Mamata Banerjee four times but she could not take his calls.
After his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday, Partha Chatterjee had called Mamata Banerjee four times but she could not take his calls.

West Bengal SSC Scam Latest News Today: A day after being sacked from the state cabinet for his alleged involvement in West Bengal SSC Scam, Partha Chatterjee on Friday said he is being framed in a conspiracy. “I’ve been framed, I’m a victim of a conspiracy,” Chatterjee said and added that time will reveal everything.

This was Patha’s first reaction after Mamata Banerjee sacked him from all ministries and suspended him from the party. As of now, Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Banerjee are in the ED office at CGO complex after a medical check-up.

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On Thursday, he was stripped of his portfolios and his positions in the Trinamool Congress by chief minister Mamata Banerjee, six days after he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with an alleged teacher recruitment scam, in which the agency recovered cash worth RS 50 crore.

Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday said that Partha Chatterjee has been removed from TMC along with the post of General Secretary, National vice president and three other posts. He has been suspended till the investigation is underway.

Notably, the TMC has been distancing itself from its arrested leader Partha Chatterjee and decided to sack him as a minister on Thursday and suspended him from the party leaving it to him to defend himself in the Enforcement Directorate probe in the teacher recruitment scam.

Earlier, Partha Chatterjee was considered as one of the most trusted lieutenants of the Chief Minister, a “go-to” man and was regarded third in party hierarchy after the chief Minister and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee.

After his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday, Partha Chatterjee had called Mamata Banerjee four times. She did not take his calls.

In the meantime, the political analysts said that Partha Chatterjee has been virtually left in the cold by the party to defend himself in the face of apparently onerous allegations in the ED probe.

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