SSC rip-off: Trinamool, Opposition hit out at one another; job aspirant makes an attempt suicide

By PTI

KOLKATA: An School Selection Commission job aspirant who was amongst these taking part in an indication close to Mayo Road demanding jobs, tried to commit suicide by hanging herself from the department of a tree utilizing her dupatta on Thursday.

The incident occurred after the scholars had been stopped from going to the Raj Bhawan to submit a deputation.

The aspirant was rushed to a close-by hospital the place she was discharged after preliminary remedy, police stated.

The incident happened following a conflict between the police and the SSC job aspirant after they tried to march in the direction of Raj Bhawan to submit a deputation.

Following the incident, a BJP delegation went to Raj Bhawan to satisfy Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Later, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar tweeted a video exhibiting an unidentified girl attempting to hold herself within the presence of a senior police officer.

The SSC job aspirants have been demonstrating demanding instant placements for round 145 days, 

Meanwhile, Opposition events of West Bengal on Thursday demanded the resignation of Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and his deputy Paresh Chandra Adhikari from their posts within the wake of the CBI investigation within the SSC rip-off, at the same time as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee threatened to show “illegal” recruitments made through the erstwhile Left Front regime.

As the CBI questioned the 2 ministers on consecutive days since Wednesday on Calcutta High Court orders in reference to instances associated to the rip-off, Banerjee accused the BJP-led central authorities of unleashing a “Tughlaqi raj” within the nation and “misusing federal companies to settle political scores”.

The company has been investigating plenty of instances the place instructing and non-teaching workers had been allegedly appointed illegally in colleges following suggestions by the West Bengal Central School Service Commission (SSC).

BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar and senior CPI(M) chief Sujan Chakraborty demanded that each ministers ought to resign for his or her alleged involvement within the rip-off.

In an obvious reference to the CBI investigation into the SSC rip-off, Banerjee stated, “A number of issues are being stated about discrepancies in recruitment. People are properly conscious of those that are concerned in corruption. They do not like such folks, nor do I. If somebody has dedicated any mistaken, the legislation will take its personal course.

“But this vilification campaign should stop. During the Left Front regime, transfers were made and jobs were given by writing down names on (plain) paper. I will reveal the irregularities soon.”

Reacting to the allegation of the TMC supremo, CPI(M) chief Sujan Chakraborty claimed that Banerjee is attempting to divert consideration by blaming the Left Front authorities.

“The allegations are baseless. If there was any wrongdoing in recruitments during the Left rule, let the TMC prove it. We are not afraid of any investigation. Both the ministers should immediately resign from their posts,” Chakraborty stated.

The Central Bureau of Investigation had on Wednesday quizzed senior TMC chief and Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee because the alleged recruitment rip-off had taken place when he was the training minister.

Adhikari who’s the minister of state for training was grilled on Thursday by CBI sleuths concerning a case of alleged unlawful appointment of his daughter as a trainer in a state government-aided college.

BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar mocked Adhikari for disappearing impulsively as a substitute of showing earlier than the CBI.

“It seems some magic was going on as the minister suddenly went missing and again reappeared. This only proves how those guilty are trying to evade the investigating agencies. He should resign as minister,” Majumdar stated.

The courtroom had directed Adhikari to look earlier than the CBI on May 17.

He was seen to board the Kolkata-bound Padatik Express practice at Jalpaiguri Road station in north Bengal alongside along with his daughter on May 17 evening however had remained untraceable since then.

Following contemporary excessive courtroom orders, he appeared earlier than the CBI on Thursday night after initially failing to satisfy the three pm deadline set by the courtroom on Thursday.

Senior TMC leaders maintained a stoic silence on the difficulty.

“The law will take its own course. We don’t want to comment on this issue as of now as it is sub-judice. Those who have been summoned are yet to comment. So, it won’t be right to make any on behalf of the party,” TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh stated.

Senior chief and minister Shashi Panja additionally refused to remark saying that the matter is sub-judice.