Lawyer Sukanya Bhattacharya, former TMC Minister Partha Chhaterjee stated that he does not want to resign as a member of the Legislative Council (MLA). Partha Chatterjee is currently in prison for allegedly having financial irregularities in a teacher recruitment scam.
In an exclusive interview with India Today, Partha Chatterjee’s lawyer Sukanya Bhattacharya said: “When I met former Partha Chatterjee minister in prison today, he stated he didn’t want to resign at the MLA. Instead, he wants to prove his innocence. and get out of jail.”
On Friday, during his trial, his defense told the court, “Partha is an ordinary man and he is 72 years old. He has lost his ministerial position. Now, he is available. willing to resign from the position of the MLA.”
On Saturday, however, Partha Chatterjee told his attorney that he never wanted to step down from his MLA position.
“He was not given special prisoner status and he was told to lie on the floor to sleep. He couldn’t even sleep all night. Today, he was for rice and dal just for lunch,” his attorney said after meeting Partha Chatterjee, who was in the President’s correctional home.
“He even requested some of his favorite books to spend time in prison. He wanted to stay in the party and trust his party and its supremacy,” said lawyer Sukanya Bhattacharya of the party. he told India today.
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Partha Chatterjee and his assistant Arpita Mukherjee were given a 14-day ruling by the special court in Kolkata in the SSC fraud case.
PMLA special court judge Jibon Kumar Sadhu granted Chatterjee and Mukherjee a 14-day adjournment in accordance with the prayers of the Department of Enforcement (ED).
The court rejected the former minister’s plea for bail and directed that both defendants be presented by August 18 when the case will be retried.
The ED has announced that it has recovered Rs 49.80 crore cash, jewelry and gold bars from apartments owned by Mukherjee, in addition to property documents and a jointly held company.
The duo are facing charges under the Anti-Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
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