Against the backdrop of the arrest of her former cabinet colleague, Partha Chatterjee, in a school recruitment scam, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today (August 1, 2022) announced that a reshuffle of her ministry would be carried out on Wednesday.
Bengal Cabinet reshuffle: Mamata Banerjee s announcement came soon after minister Partha Chatterjee was relieved from all his ministerial duties in the West Bengal cabinet due to his involvement in the SSC recruitment scam.
Mamata Banerjee added that the Cabinet reshuffle is taking place as Bengal lost two of its ministers, Subrata Mukherjee and Sadhan Pande due to prolonged illness.
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The TMC government in the state has been under fire from opposition over corruption of leaders after veteran politician and state minister Partha Chatterjee was arrested by ED and vast amounts of cash were recovered from property linked to him.