Kolkata : Understanding that certain comments by senior Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member, Saugata Roy and the party’s state general secretary, Kunal Ghosh are sending wrong signals about the party leadership to the public, the disciplinary committee of the party has decided to censor both these leaders.
A senior Trinamool Congress leader, who did not wish to be named, told IANS that Roy has already been asked to meet the members of the party’s disciplinary committee within the next seven days. “However, since he is an extremely senior leader and MP, no disciplinary action will be taken against him. He will be just be asked to refrain from making any comment that causes inconvenience for the party leadership,” the leader said.
Recently, at a public programme, Roy referred to the recent rape of a minor girl, who died later at Hanskhali in Nadia district of West Bengal and said that such an incident is a matter of shame in a state with a woman as the chief minister. Soon after that a number of party leaders opposed him claiming that such an incident is unfortunate irrespective of the gender of the chief minister of the state concerned.
Meanwhile, party sources said that although Kunal Ghosh is yet to receive a call from the party’s disciplinary committee, a section of the party leadership is strongly in favour of censoring him for subsequent statements causing embarrassment to the leadership.
Recently, Ghosh held former state education minister, Partha Chatterjee (currently the commerce & industries minister), answerable for the recent recruitment irregularities scam in the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC). Ghosh retorted after transport minister Firhad Hakim challenged Ghosh’s authority to raise questions on cabinet issues.
–IANS