Partha Chatterjee knew of corruption in education dept, took no action, says ex-TMC leader | Exclusive

A former leader of TMC's professor's cell told India Today that Partha Chatterjee knew of the corruption activities that went on in the education department but did not take any action to curb them.

In an exclusive interview with India Today, former General Secretary of West Bengal College and Universities Professor's Association (WBCUPA), Baisakhi Banerjee said that Partha Chatterjee knew of massive corruption in the education department but he did not take action.

She said that she had flagged several instances where people in the Education Ministry took money but Chatterjee did not take any action against them. “Partha Chatterjee was a vindictive man" added Baisakhi.

Baisakhi further said that Partha Chatterjee had an agreement with the governor who was the chancellor while he was the education minister. Partha Chatterjee made sure that his corruption activities did not get checked as long as the governor was the chancellor, said Baisakhi.

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Baisakhi narrated an incident in 2017 when Partha Chatterjee asked her to appoint a woman in Calcutta University’s Urdu department. “She had no job application and neither was any job post available at that time, but he asked me to make a document with a backdate. He told me that the Raj Bhawan will be in control if I do so,” said Baisakhi.

Keshari Nath Tripathi was the governor of West Bengal when the incident happened.

Chatterjee opposed Mamata Banerjee as Chancellor of state universities