Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday, May 20 appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the West Bengal school job scam. Mr. Banerjee was questioned for over nearly nine hours at CBI office at Kolkata’s Nizam Palace for over nine hours. He arrived at the CBI office at around 11 am and let the venue at about 8.30 pm.
Speaking to journalists after the questioning, Mr. Banerjee said the questioning was a waste of time for him as well as those who questioned him. “ I had promised full coperation to the agencies and I answered all questions.... I will not bring what was asked in public domain but some names were raised of which 90 % were from Purba Meduinipur and Murshidabad. We all know who was in charge of these district,” the Trinamool leader said, referring to Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari. Mr. Banerjee said that if he were to join BJP then no agency would target him. Accusing the BJP government of Centre of political vendatta he said that attempts are being made to stop the Trinamool Congress’s outreach progamme.
The agency has issued summons to the Diamond Harbour MP on Friday, May 19, after the Calcutta High Court dismissed his petition seeking recall of a previous order of the same court which said that investigative agencies such as CBI and ED could interrogate him in the teacher recruitment scam.
