Haven’t done anything wrong, party on my side: TMC MLA Saha

He is the TMC MLA from Burwan constituency in Murshidabad district of West Bengal.

Talking to reporters, Saha said, “The party (TMC) is definitely on my side. I have not done anything wrong. It has not been proven that I have done anything wrong.”

On April 17, Saha was arrested by the CBI after the agency questioned him for more than 65 hours and searched his residence over his alleged links to the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment scam.

He is the third legislator from the ruling party to be arrested in the case. Apart from Saha, two other TMC MLAs – Partha Chatterjee and Manik Bhattacharya – have also been arrested in connection with the school jobs scam.

The CBI has alleged that Saha acted as a “conduit between the candidates and other accused by promising the aspirants jobs as primary teachers”.

Meanwhile, the authorities of Devgram High School in Nanur area of Birbhum district discontinued the salary Saha had been drawing by working as a teacher at the school.

Although a resident of Murshidabad, Saha had been working at the Birbhum school. Devgram High School headmaster Kamal Krishna Ghosh said, “Jiban Krishna Saha did not inform the school authorities about becoming an MLA.

He had been drawing a teacher’s salary as well as the MLA allowance. Also, he did not come to school for over six months but regularly received the salary. He did not even submit any application for a leave. The matter was reported to the district inspector of schools.”