The glue of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) tended to buckle in Bengal with senior CPI(M) and the Congress leaders dismissing Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut’s statement faulting the Enforcement Directorate for summoning Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.
Contrary to what Raut said in support of Banerjee, senior CPI(M) and the Congress leaders from Bengal openly backed the ED action and even demanded his arrest in the multi-crore teacher recruitment scam involving more than 40 thousand school teachers, ministerial and menial staff.
In a sarcastic remark directed at Abhishek who is also the nephew of TMC supremo and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, CPI(M) State secretary and politburo member Md Salim said, “Is he a very important member of INDIA … if so then why can’t we put his Paduka (sandals) as we have seen in the Ramayana where Bharat used ran administration of the kingdom of Ayodhya with his elder brother Lord Ram’s sandals on the throne.”
He further said that his party was for the arrest of the “all the culprits who are involved not only in the teachers’ recruitment scam but also in other scams related to recruitments in Fire Brigade Department, Forest Department, Health Department, Municipal Department, cattle smuggling, coal smuggling etc.”