Partha Chatterjee, arrested in jobs scam, removed from all party posts: TMC

The TMC has removed Partha Chatterjee from the post of General Secretary, National vice president & three other positions.

TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee said that he has been suspended till the investigation is underway and he can come back if proven not guilty.

Earlier, the minister, who is facing investigation in a school jobs scam, was sacked from the Cabinet.


"Partha Chatterjee, minister in charge, department of industry, commerce and enterprises, department of information technology and electronics, department of parliamentary affairs and department of public enterprises and industrial reconstruction, is hereby relieved of his duties as MIC of the aforesaid department with immediate effect," an official order said.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee later said at a government event here that she will look after the portfolios held by Chatterjee for the time being.

The ED had arrested Chatterjee, who is also the Trinamool Congress secretary-general, on July 23 in connection with its investigation into alleged irregularities in the recruitment drives by the School Service Commission (SSC).