Partha Chatterjee was cancer, had to be removed: Trinamool leader

Partha Chatterjee was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in July for his alleged involvement in Bengal’s teacher recruitment scam. Following his arrest, Mamata Banerjee sacked him from all posts and ousted him from the party.

Bengal’s ex-minister Partha Chatterjee, jailed after a massive pile of cash was found at the home of his aide Arpita Mukherjee, was cancer for the party, Trinamool Congress leader and the chairman of the New Barrackpore municipality, Prabir Saha, said at a public gathering.

"Partha Chatterjee was cancer (for the party). Hence, he was cut off from the body. Whenever there is cancer, it is taken out of the body,” Saha was heard saying in a now viral video of the address.

“Partha Chatterjee was involved in corrupt activities and so the party cut him off.”

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Partha Chatterjee was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in July for his alleged involvement in Bengal’s teacher recruitment scam. The financial probe agency found over Rs 50 crore in cash and gold at Arpita Mukherjee’s home and arrested her. The next day, Chatterjee was arrested.

Following his arrest, Chief Minister and Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee sacked him from all posts and ousted him from the party.

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