Kolkata: Following his dismissal from the West Bengal TMC general secretary position, Kunal Ghosh disclosed that the Trinamool knew about the school recruitment scandal before the 2021 assembly elections. The damaging remarks were made by Kunal Ghosh, who is thought to be close to TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. The Lok Sabha elections are currently underway, and the SSC scam has become a major topic according to surveys. Shortly after taking the platform with a BJP Lok Sabha candidate on Wednesday and praising him, Mr. Ghosh was taken down from his position. “The party knew full well that the school education department was a hub for widespread corruption and extortion in exchange for jobs.
“The party knew about it even prior to the 2021 assembly elections,” he stated in an interview with ABP Ananda, a Bengali news program. “Partha Chatterjee was shifted to the industry department from the education ministry after the party returned to power for the third consecutive term in 2021,” according to Kunal Ghosh, who has been at odds with the TMC’s old guard and has been pushing for more prominence for next-generation leaders. A week before Mr. Kunal Ghosh comments, the Calcutta High Court ruled that the State Level Selection Test-2016 (SLST) recruitment process in West Bengal government-sponsored and aided schools was “null and void,” directing the annulment of all appointments made as a result.

Kunal Ghosh, who disagrees with the TMC’s establishment and wants to see more prominence for leaders of the future generation

A week ago, the Calcutta High Court ordered the revocation of all appointments made through the State Level Selection Test-2016 (SLST) recruiting process in West Bengal’s government-sponsored and aided institutions, declaring it “null and void.” This is when Mr. Kunal Ghosh made his remarks. He. This court ruling resulted in the loss of employment for almost 26,000 persons. The TMC’s top brass has insisted that until Chatterjee’s arrest in 2022, the party was ignorant of the scheme. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) detained TMC leader Partha Chatterjee in July 2022 on suspicion of his involvement in the SSC fraud. After his arrest, the party showed Chatterjee the door. He was dismissed from the state government as well. The CBI detained several TMC leaders and MLAs Manik Bhattacharya and Jiban Krishna Saha on suspicion of being involved in the scam.

Following his dismissal from his position as West Bengal TMC general secretary

According to Kunal Ghosh, the party was aware of the school recruitment scandal before the assembly elections in 2021. The disparaging remarks were made by Ghosh, who is thought to be close to TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, during the present Lok Sabha elections, at a time when the SSC scandal is dominating the polls. Hours after Ghosh congratulated a BJP Lok Sabha candidate on stage on Wednesday, he was fired. The party knew full well that the school education department was a hub for widespread corruption and extortion in exchange for jobs. The party knew about this well in advance of the 2021 legislative elections, he stated in a Bengali interview with the ABP Ananda news station.
Partha Chatterjee was moved from the Department of Industry to the Department of Industry because to these “information about large-scale corruption,” according to Ghosh, who is fighting the TMC’s establishment and wants to see more visibility for leaders of the future generation. Ministry of Education following the party’s third consecutive term in office in 2021. Ghosh’s comments coincide with a week after the Calcutta High Court ordered the annulment of all appointments made through the State Level Selection Test-2016 (SLST) recruitment procedure, declaring it “null and void” in West Bengal’s government-sponsored and aided schools. This court ruling resulted in the loss of employment for almost 26,000 persons. The TMC’s top brass has insisted that until Chatterjee’s arrest in 2022, the party was ignorant of the scheme. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) detained TMC leader Partha Chatterjee in July 2022 on suspicion of his involvement in the SSC fraud. After his arrest, the party showed Chatterjee the door. He was dismissed from the state government as well. The CBI detained a number of TMC leaders and MLAs Manik Bhattacharya and Jiban Krishna Saha on suspicion of being involved in the scam.

Additionally, he had charged that some old guard members, such as Sudip Bandopadhyay, were working closely with the BJP

Subsequently, Mamata Banerjee, the TMC supremo and Chief Minister, sent out a strong warning to party leaders, telling them not to discuss disputes in public and that any infraction would result in disciplinary action. The debate started in November of last year when Banerjee disregarded the idea that elderly politicians should give up on active politics and instead argued for seniors to be respected. Abhishek, the national general secretary of TMC and Banerjee’s nephew supported raising the retirement age in politics, pointing to a reduction in productivity and efficiency of labor with age. Kunal Ghosh, a journalist by trade in the local press, has generated discussion on his ascent and decline within the TMC.
In 2012, the TMC nominated Kunal Ghosh for the Rajya Sabha, rewarding him for his vociferous criticism of the Left Front rule. But Ghosh, the CEO of the Saradha media group at the time, publicly disagreed with the TMC following the 2013 bust of the Saradha Chit fund scandal. Following his arrest in November 2013 about the Saradha Chit fund scandal, the party suspended him. Ghosh persisted in criticizing the leadership even after the CBI took over the probe. The judge granted him bail in 2016. He was named TMC’s spokesperson in July 2020 and the state general secretary of the party in June 2021.