West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday distanced herself from the scam-accused minister Partha Chatterjee and said that she does not support corruption or any wrongdoing.
“If anyone is found guilty, he or she must be punished. But I condemn the malicious campaign against me,” Mamata said at an event after the arrest of minister Partha Chatterjee.
“BJP is wrong if it thinks it can break my party using agencies,” she added.
The comments come hours after media reports emerged that Chatterjee reached out to the Chief Minister thrice after he was arrested, but she did not answer the calls.
Chatterjee, who was arrested in connection with the teacher recruitment scam that took place at West Bengal government-run and-aided schools when he was education minister, is currently in Enforcement Directorate’s custody. Doctors at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, where Chatterjee was flown for a medical checkup, said that he suffers from chronic diseases but does not need immediate hospitalization.
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