BJP plans action-packed August to target Mamata Banerjee over SSC scam

MPs from Bengal will participate in a sit-in in front of the Gandhi statue in Parliament on Monday

BJP state unit chief Sukanta Majumdar at a sit-in near the Gandhi statue on Mayo Road : The Telegraph Picture

Arkamoy Datta Majumdar   |   TT  |   Calcutta   |    01.08.22  : The Bengal unit of the BJP has decided to launch a multi-pronged attack on Trinamul and chief minister Mamata Banerjee over the alleged SSC recruitment scam in the coming month.

The party’s state unit chief Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday announced a flurry of events to be held in August to try and politically exploit the arrest of former minister Partha Chatterjee.

BJP MPs from Bengal will participate in a sit-in in front of the Gandhi statue in Parliament on Monday.

“Our demonstration will demand the intervention of the CBI and ED to solve the mystery behind the greater conspiracy involved in the SSC scam,” Majumdar, also an MP from Balurghat, said.

Speaking on the “greater conspiracy”, Majumdar said that Mamata herself is involved in this scam and his party’s street corner meetings will propagate this among people of Bengal.

PM state secretary Md Salim at a rally in Sovabazar, both in Calcutta on Sunday: The Telegraph Picture

The party will organise street corner meetings at every ward and area in municipal areas across Bengal till August 5 to “enlighten” people in the state on the “conspiracy” behind the scam, Majumdar added.

“Our workers will also participate in break-the-law and go-to-jail agitations between August 19 and 23 in the districts,” the MP said.

Additionally, the BJP will conduct rallies and agitations at all blocks of the state from August 6 to 8 and from August 16 to 18.

“In addition to this, we will begin a sit-in from this week in Calcutta. Every day for three hours we will participate in this demonstration,” he said, adding that the venue and time for these events were yet to be specified.

Majumdar also went to meet the agitating SSC job seekers near the Gandhi statue on Mayo Road in Calcutta on Sunday.

He joined the protesters in a symbolic demonstration.

The Left Front parties — especially the CPM — also took out multiple rallies in Calcutta and some districts demanding justice for job-seekers and arrests of the corrupt Trinamul leaders.

CPM state secretary Md Salim participated in a rally from Sovabazar Metro station that ended in front of Shyambazar Metro station.

Two other rallies, from Belgachhia Metro station and Khanna crossing also ended in front of Shyambazar Metro station,where Salim finally addressed the gathering.

On Sunday, Salim also issued a written appeal to his party colleagues, workers and citizens to participate in a citizens’ rally called by Left-leaning members of the civic-society to be held on Monday in Calcutta.