Bengal government’s ‘cunning’ plan: Suvendu Adhikari on why he will miss Governor’s Hate Khori event

The reason why I won’t be attending the হাতে খড়ি “Hatey Khori” event at the Raj Bhavan today:- pic.twitter.com/5yJeQ2JmKP
— Suvendu Adhikari • শুভেন্দু অধিকারী (@SuvenduWB) January 26, 2023

Suvendu Adhikari applauded the Governor’s interest in learning Bengali and slammed the state government for “exploiting” his wishes as an “opportunity for political posturing”.

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The BJP leader said the government has “cunningly orchestrated” this event to “wash off the stain” surrounding the Bengal education scam and the fact that former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and other office bearers are “languishing in prison”.

Partha Chatterjee and his alleged close associate Arpita Mukherjee were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in October in connection with the SSC recruitment scam. The agency had seized Rs 49.80 crore in cash, apart from bullion, jewellery and property deeds from the latter’s flats in the city, on July 23.

Suvendu Adhikari also slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying that she was the chief guest of the Hate Khori event but it is her who has “time and again expressed her unreasonable opinion that the post of Governor should be abolished”.

The Opposition leader said, “I can’t bear witness to such an inappropriate and laughable situation which has been arranged by spending the tax payer’s money”.

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