KOLKATA: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee can do no fallacious as she is sort of a god, West Bengal minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay mentioned on Sunday, asserting that even monks typically become thieves, however not gods. Chattopadhyay’s feedback, which triggered an issue, got here because the TMC battles allegations of irregularities in class recruitments with a number of of its top-rung leaders, together with former schooling minister Partha Chatterjee, arrested.
“Mamata Banerjee is like a god who we worship. Even the priests worshipping the god can at times be a thief but not the god, the idol he worships,” he mentioned, addressing a public assembly at Khardah in North 24 Parganas district.
“Even I can be a thief, but not Mamata Banerjee,” he added. Chattopadhyay, the agriculture minister, alleged that a number of irregularities occurred in instructional institutes in the course of the CPI(M)’s rule however these have been by no means investigated.
An individual was appointed registrar of a college in the course of the Left Front authorities, although he didn’t have 50 per cent marks in commencement and post-graduation, he alleged, claiming that undeserving candidates have been additionally appointed professors in varied state-run varsities.
But these items have been ignored, the minister mentioned.
CPI(M) MP Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya mentioned the courtroom has already dismissed the allegations being made by Chattopadhyay. “Now, people will punish them for their sins. They have lost ground among the people, so they are making such statements,” he informed PTI.
Reacting to Chattopadhyay’s remark concerning the chief minister, the BJP mentioned that TMC leaders have been making such statements in desperation.
“TMC will bite the dust in both panchayat and Lok Sabha elections if the polling is free and fair,” BJP chief Rahul Sinha mentioned.
