New Delhi, Aug 02, 2022, By Special Correspondent

New Delhi, Aug 2: Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari Tuesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and handed over to him a list of around 100 TMC leaders allegedly involved in a recruitment scam in which former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee has been arrested.

The BJP leader from West Bengal gave the home minister even letterheads of some TMC leaders, including MLAs, that were purportedly used for recommending certain names for jobs by allegedly taking bribes and sought a wider probe to expose everyone involved in the scandal.

Chatterjee, who has been suspended from the Trinamool Congress, was arrested by the ED on July 23 in connection with its probe into the multi-crore teacher recruitment scam.

After his meeting with the home minister, Adhikari tweeted: "It's an honour for me to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah for 45 minutes at his office in Parliament. I briefed him how WB Govt is completely mired in corrupt activities such as the teachers recruitment scam. Also requested him to implement CAA at the earliest."

Later talking to mediapersons, Adhikari said that the implementation of Citizenship (Amendment) Act, slammed by critics for its alleged anti-Muslim bias, is very critical for West Bengal as a large number of people can benefit from its provisions.