School jobs scam | Was minister, not recruiter: Partha to court

Chatterjee, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the school jobs scam in July last year, sought five minutes to speak but his request was not entertained.

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Former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee

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Trinamool Congress veteran and former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on Thursday told a special CBI court that he was minister and not a recruiter and that he had “absolutely no role in the hiring process” of teaching and non-teaching staff in the state-run schools.

“I was not the appointing authority. I was the minister. I do not support irregularities and won’t support such things in future as well. The School Service Commission and education boards have their own set of rules that they follow,” he said.

Chatterjee, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the school jobs scam in July last year, sought five minutes to speak but his request was not entertained.

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The court extended his judicial custody till March 22. He will be produced in the same court on March 23.

The rest of the accused in the case who were produced in the court were granted judicial custody till March 30.

The other accused are former North Bengal University vice-chancellor Subiresh Bhattacharya, former senior SSC officials Kalyanmoy Ganguly, Shantiprasad Sinha and Ashok Saha and two middlemen Prasanna Roy and Pradeep Singh.

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