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Bengal SSC scam: Mamata Banerjee sacks arrested minister Partha Chatterjee from all party posts

The ED officers also found a diary with around 40 pages of notes during raid at a flat in Kolkata’s Belgharia area.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday sacked her party minister Partha Chatterjee from all party posts, five days after he was arrested for alleged corruption in the recruitment of teachers and other staff in state government schools.

The decision was reportedly taken in a cabinet meeting amid demands for the expulsion of Chatterjee.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted raids at 3 locations in Kolkata and again recovered Rs 29 crore in cash and five kilograms of gold jewellery from a flat in Kolkata’s Belgharia area owned by Arpita Mukherjee, a close associate of the arrested West Bengal Industry Minister.

The ED officers also found a diary with around 40 pages of notes. Commenting on it, BJP’s Meenakshi Lekhi told reporters that this black diary will help uncover black deeds.

Partha Chatterjee, a secretary-general of the Trinamool Congress, has been removed from the portfolios of commerce and industry, parliamentary affairs, information technology and electronics, and public enterprises and industrial reconstruction in Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet.

Following the direction of the Calcutta High Court, the CBI is probing the alleged corruption in the recruitment of Group-C and D staff as well as teachers in government-sponsored and aided schools on recommendations of the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC). While, the ED is tracking the money trail in the scam.

Earlier in the day, Trinamool Congress general secretary Kunal Ghosh had called for Partha Chatterjee’s expulsion from the party. Partha Chatterjee should be removed from ministry and all party posts immediately, he said in his tweet.

He should be expelled. If this statement is considered wrong, the party has every right to remove me from all posts, he said wrote in his tweet.

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PM Modi hits out at Opposition unity amid Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification row, says coming together of corrupt on one stage

The Prime Minister, in his address, also alleged that some parties have initiated Bhrashtachari Bachao Abhiyan, taking a dig at the Loktantra Bachao Mashal Shanti March that the Congress was taking out in Delhi.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has come to the fore to target the new-found unity of the Opposition parties after Congress leader’s Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha. PM Modi termed the unit by the Opposition to be a coming together of the corrupt on one stage and further countered the claims made by the Opposition on the central agencies.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while delivering an address at the inauguration of the new party headquarters in Delhi, said that the country has a strong foundation of constitutional institutions and further alleged that in a bid to stop India, constitutional institutions are being attacked.

PM Modi in his scathing attack on the Opposition also countered the claims made by the Opposition and further levelled allegation by saying that agencies are being targeting for taking action. He further said that questions are being raised in courts as well, implying at the petition filled in the Supreme Court about the arbitrary use of central agecies.

The Prime Minister, in his address, also alleged that some parties have initiated Bhrashtachari Bachao Abhiyan, taking a dig at the Loktantra Bachao Mashal Shanti March that the Congress was taking out in Delhi.

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He also claimed that the BJP confiscated approximately 10,00,000 crore under the PMLA, and further claimed that during the Congress rule, that number was 5000 crore. PM also claimed that twenty thousand economic offenders who have fled, were caught by the BJP.

PM Modi also attributed the attack by the Opposition to be inspired due to BJP’s alleged crackdown on the corruption. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also took a jab at the Opposition and said that the BJP’s crackdown on corruption will upset many, however, won’t be stopped based on Oppositon’s false allegation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeting the Opposition comes amid the recent coming together by the Opposition parties following Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the parliament. The Opposition parties also accused the Centre of arbitrary use of the Central agencies.

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Delhi Police detain Congress leaders on march near Red Fort

On Monday, Congress leaders wore all black near Parliament and protested against Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha.

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Delhi Police on Tuesday detained Congress workers and leaders who were reaching to take part in Loktantra Bachao Mashal Shanti March at Red Fort. The video of the detention was shared by the official media platform of Congress.

Reports said several senior leaders including former Chief Minister Harish Rawat were detained by the police. In the visuals, Congress workers and leaders can be seen shouting slogans.

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On Monday, Congress leaders wore all black near Parliament and protested against Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha. The former Congress MP from Wayand’s parliament membership was cancelled after he was convicted in the 2019 defamation case involving the Modi surname remark. The Party is conducting a month-long protest across all states against the disqualification.

Gandhi was sentenced to 2 years in jail in the case by a Surat court and was granted bail on a bail bond of Rs 10,000. His sentence was suspended by the court for 30 days so that Gandhi could appeal to the High Court.

The politician, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2019, attacked the Opposition and apparently asked why all thieves have Modi as their surname during a rally.

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Salman Khurshid confident on Rahul Gandhi’s return to Parliament, says he will be back soon

Congress leader Salman Khurshid said that if Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification marks the beginning of a corporation, it was worth paying the price.

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Senior Congress leader and former Law Minister Salman Khurshid spoke to the media on Tuesday and showed confidence in Rahul Gandhi’s return to Parliament. Khurshid statements come in the backdrop of vacating notice served to the disqualified Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

Khurshid, while speaking to the media, said that he is confident that Rahul Gandhi will return to the parliament very quickly through the legal process. The former Law Minister in an interview with the PTI also said that Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification begat Opposition to unity and termed it to be a good point to begin on.

He also said that if Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification marks the beginning of a corporation, it was worth paying the price.

Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha on March 24 subsequently after the Congress leader was convicted by a Gujarat Court in a defamation case. Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification was condemned and termed as a black day for democracy by many within and across party lines.

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The most recent development in the case was that the senior Congress leader was served a notice to vacate his allotted bungalow on March 27th. After being served the notice to vacate, Gandhi replied and agreed to abide by the notice.

However, the notice to vacate was slammed by various Congress leaders as Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge came forward and said that Rahul Gandhi can go live with his mother or he can also approach him and he will vacate one for him.
Kharge in his statement also slammed and condemns the Centre and accused the government of trying to intimidate and humiliate the Opposition. He also highlighted that they had to manage without a house for three to four months. He further talked about his bungalow and said that he got it after six months.

He further accused the BJP of doing such things to humiliate others and condemned the attitude of the BJP.

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