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TMC-led West Bengal Government expelled the party’s youth leaders Kuntal Ghosh and Santanu Bandopadhyay. The leaders were expelled in connection with the multi-crore teachers` recruitment scam in WB. This is the second time that Trinamool has taken such a step in the matter and expelled a leader. Earlier, the prime accused Partha Chatterjee was suspended after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths started investigation into the matter.

In the West Bengal SSC scam, former chairman of SSC Subiresh Bhattacharya has been arrested by the CBI in the recruitment corruption case.  The arrest came days after CBI raids were conducted at Subiresh's residence, whereas the arrest was due to inconsistency in his statement and further investigation. Notably, Subiresh Bhattacharya, who has been named in the SSC came was chairperson between 2014-2018.

The CBI raided West Bengal Law Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Moloy Ghatak's residence in Asansol. The raid was in connection with the coal scam, under the CBI investigation. On September 7, the probe agency simultaneously raided five other locations in Kolkata, in absence of Ghatak. "As his name surfaced in the coal smuggling scam, we need to find out what was his role in it," said CBI

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Srikanta Mahata has received a show cause notice for his remark against celebrity faces in the party. On August 28, the TMC issued the notice in regard to a video in which, Mahata said, "Leaders like Mimi Chakraborty, Nusrat Jahan, June Malia and Saayoni Ghosh are looting money.  But they are being considered assets for the party. Notably, Mahata withdrew the statement and… read-more

In a major setback to Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, Anubrata Mondal has been sent to 14-days of judicial custody. On August 24, a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court at Asansol remanded Mondal in connection with the multi-crore cattle smuggling case. Notably, arrested recently, Mondal applied for bail, which was rejected by the CBI court on grounds that, Anubrata is an influential person, and can tamper with evidence and witnesses… read-more