Major Bengal cabinet, Trinamool Congress organisational reshuffle in offing

PTI, KOLKATA, JULY 30, 2022 : The Trinamool Congress is likely to go in for a major organisational over haul as well as a reshuffle of the state cabinet following the arrest of now-suspended senior party leader Partha Chatterjee in a multi-crore school jobs scam.

Sources said the reshuffle will also aim at an image makeover for the party hit by school jobs scam probe. Chatterjee, the former virtual number two both in the Trinamool Congress and the government, was stripped of all ministerial responsibilities and suspended from the party following his arrest last week and the recovery of around Rs 50 crore from flats of his associate Arpita Mukherjee.

According to party insiders, the disciplinary action against Chatterjee by Trinamool Congress will have far-reaching consequences within the party as it will further cement the grip of the young brigade in the organisation, and weaken that of the old guards, whom the former arrested minister led.