Overview
- Chatterjee was granted bail and released this week after nearly three and a half years in custody following his 2022 arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the teachers’ recruitment case.
- He says he never received a formal suspension letter and learned of his removal as minister and party posts while in ED custody.
- Declaring he will remain a political worker, he pledged to reach out to voters in Behala West and explain his position.
- He plans to attend the West Bengal Assembly’s winter session, likely taking a different seat given his suspension from the Trinamool Congress.
- Denying taking money for jobs, he issued a letter asking anyone to cite an instance and, on cash seized from associate Arpita Mukherjee’s home, said only she could explain it.