Abhijit Ray, Kolkata:TMC party have started vigorous campaign against corruption. A former Trinamool councilor, a panchayat chief and a former panchayat association president were arrested on the same day on various financial charges. The message is clear, no one will be exempted, no matter how influential one is in the party on the issue of transparency. If the police take proper action, the party will not stand by the accused leader.Trinamool Congress All India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee himself told public meetings in Haldia and Kanthi that there will be no compromise to build a corruption-free administration. On the day of Kanthi’s meeting, Abhishek ordered three people, including the Panchayat Pradhan of Marishda, to resign. Then the contractors were removed from the union in various factories in Haldia.This time the police arrested three leaders of East Medinipur district, former Haldia councilor Prashant Das, Shantipur Panchayat chief Salim Ali and former president of Shahid Matangini Panchayat Samiti Dibakar Jana. People are happy that the team is taking arrangements one after the other on the instructions of Abhishek.’Ek Dake Abhishek’ was started at the initiative of the party’s All India Sadaran editor to listen to the grievances of the common people. The arrest of the Shantipur 1 Panchayat Pradhan on Tuesday, a day after he asked him to resign, is proof that strict action will be taken if the allegations are made and proved. Incidentally, the rise of all three leaders was held by Shuvendu Adhikari. Former Councilor Prashant and Panchayat Pradhan Selim joined Trinamool from CPM.And in Diwakar’s one after another financial corruption, business, meteoric rise, the party could not take any action because he was close to Subhendubabu. However, Diwakar was expelled from the Trinamool when he joined the ruling BJP. Diwakar’s wife, Zilla Parishad member Tanushree joined the BJP along with Shuvendubabu. Tamluk organizational district Trinamool president Saumen Mohapatra said, “This step is welcome. Let transparency return to the party. It will increase people’s confidence. Panchayat poll results will be better.”Ramchandra Panda, the contractor accused in the Kanthi cremation scam, was also arrested on Tuesday night. He is close to Subhendu’s brother Soumendu. Former Trinamool councilor Prashant Das of Ward No. 8 of Haldia, who was once close to CPM leader Laxman Seth in Dapute, and was later named Ghasphule by the hand of Shuvendu, had earlier faced many complaints in the name of giving jobs. He is the maternal uncle of Haldia’s BJP MLA Taapsee Mandal.Jahangir Hossain, a local resident of Kumarchak, complained to the Durgachak police station on Wednesday that the leader took lakhs of rupees in the name of giving him a job. A few more cheated. Then Prashant was called for questioning. Inconsistencies were found in the cross-examination, several questions were left unanswered. Then he was arrested. Mahishadal Police Circle Inspector Manvendra Pal said, “There has been a complaint against the arrested Prashant Das of extorting money from some people in the name of giving him a job.Not only Jahangir Hossain, there are allegations of taking lakhs of rupees from eight-ten youths in the name of giving jobs.In a factory in Haldia, there were allegations of financial irregularities in the salary of workers during the Corona period. The party has repeatedly complained about local people being displaced and hiring outsiders as temporary workers in factories here.Meanwhile, there were allegations in ‘Ek Dake Abhishek’ that Shantipur 1 Panchayat Pradhan Selim has many properties anonymously. The team secretly investigates and discovers the truth. He has about 80 properties. He was asked to resign on Tuesday after learning that the property worth crores of rupees was not in line with the income and Salim was arrested by the police on Wednesday.Allegation against Dibakar Jana alias Lalu, a resident of MechedarBalluk area, that Shahid used to open a company called DS Enterprises while serving as the president of Matangini Block Panchayat Samiti. And at that time, using his influence, he grabbed crores of rupees from Kolaghat thermal power station in the name of road construction for the development of Stone Boulder area. Jaydev Barman, the food officer of the Panchayat Samiti of this block, approached the court about this.Allegedly, Dibakar got away due to being under the umbrella of Subhendu Adhikari at that time. In the next case, by the year 2020, the police arrested him on the charge of beating up a high-ranking official of this Kolaghat thermal power plant. And the party also suspended him on this charge. After spending a few days in jail, he got bail and returned to the team after a few days. After joining the ruling BJP, Dibakar was expelled on charges of secretly voting for the saffron camp.
Although he did not join the BJP since then, he used to see a lot of the party’s activities because his wife was in the Ocher camp at that time. This time the police arrested him on multiple charges including corruption case. Purba Medinipur District Superintendent of Police Amarnath K told that Diwakar Jana has been arrested in an old case of corruption of crores of rupees.
