Partha Chatterjee, the arrested TMC leader, would remain suspended from the party till the inquiry into a school recruitment scandal is completed, the party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Thursday.

Chatterjee has been dismissed from all party positions, according to him.

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After a session of the party’s disciplinary committee, Banerjee further stated that the TMC’s doors would be opened only if Chatterjee was proven innocent.

Chatterjee served as TMC secretary general for for two decades until being chosen national vice-president earlier this year.

“It has been decided that Partha Chatterjee will be removed from all party posts. He will remain suspended from the party till the investigation is over. We demand that the investigation be completed within a limited time frame. TMC will not support anyone found to be involved in corruption,” Banerjee said.

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Earlier in the day, Chatterjee was removed as minister from the West Bengal cabinet.

The ED arrested Chatterjee on July 23 in connection with its investigation into alleged irregularities in the recruitment drive by School Service Commission (SSC).

The central agency has also arrested Chatterjee’s close associate Arpita Mukherjee, and seized crores of rupees in cash from her residences in different parts of the city.

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Partha Chatterjee’s “close associate,” according to the Enforcement Directorate, is Arpita Mukherjee. Arpita is “a multi-talented versatile actor, having worked in several films in Tollywood,” according to her Facebook bio.

In 2019 and 2020, Arpita was the face of promotional ads for Partha Chatterjee’s Durga Puja committee, the Naktala Udayan Sangha.

According to reports, Chatterjee paid numerous visits to Arpita Mukherjee’s home.