In an explosive revelation during his production in court, former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee alleged on Thursday that CPI-M central committee member Sujan Chakraborty, BJP National Vice-President Dilip Ghosh and BJP Leader of Opposition (LoP) in state assembly Suvendu Adhikari had requested him for “favours in the recruitment when he was a minister” and he had refused it. Chatterjee and her close aide Arpita Mukherjee were arrested in connection with the WBSSC recruitment scam and are in jail custody. Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) state president Sukanta Majumdar wrote a letter to the Centre seeking a central probe into illegal recruitments in 60 Municipalities as revealed by ED during a probe of WBSSC recruitment.

“Suvendu Adhikari, Dilip Ghosh and Sujan Chakraborty are making big allegations now about the teacher’s recruitment scam. They should look at themselves. Ask them what they have done in North Bengal. They asked me for favours in recruitment. They have made all sorts of recommendations. I refused to abide by it. They should read the CAG report of 2009-10,” Chatterjee said.

Interestingly, just before Chatterjee made comments during court production, Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh had tweeted the three names that were mentioned by Chatterjee.

“I was never a recruiter. I was a minister and not in power to recruit and I have done anything which is illegal,” the former minister added.

Reacting to Chatterjee’s comments, BJP National Vice-President Dilip Ghosh denied any allegations regarding recruitments and said, “I have never recommended any of my family members or relatives. If any such thing is proven, I am willing to go to jail instead of Chatterjee. Chatterjee is talking about a period (2009-10) when I was not in politics. I came to politics in 2014 and became MP in 2015 for the first time,” Ghosh said.

Simultaneously, Trinamool leadership also revealed details of Sujan Chakraborty’s wife’s recruitment. Calling it illegal, Ghosh claimed that Chakraborty’s wife got a job during CPI-M regime illegally through recommendations.

“A HORRIFIC example of deceiving the public! Mili Chakraborty, wife of ex-CPI(M) MLA @Sujan_Speak, worked at Dinabandhu Andrews College for 34 years without writing any exam & is still getting a pension. It’s a shame that these so-called leaders bring disgrace to the State,” Ghosh tweeted with a joining letter of Chakraborty’s wife Mili Bhattacharya.

However, Chakraborty said, “There was nothing illegal about the recruitment letter or documents shown by Trinamool Congress. This was how the appointment letter was in those days. That was how things functioned in those days. There is no illegality in it. There was no OMR sheets in those days”