On Sunday, supporters of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) demonstrated on the streets of Kolkata to protest the TMC government in West Bengal over the school job scam.
Armed with placards reading ‘Durnitir Sarkar Aar Nei Dorkar’ (don’t want this corrupt government), around 2,000 AAP supporters began the protest march at Ramlila Maidan and walked 2 kilometres to the Mahatma Gandhi statue on Mayo Road.
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee in the school jobs scam following the recovery of large sums of cash and other valuables at properties linked to them.
“After the arrest of a TMC heavyweight and the recovery of large sums of cash from the two flats of his female friend, this government has no moral right to stay in power for even a single day.” “Our big rally is raising the demand once more,” said a state AAP leader.
The AAP, which has a minor presence in West Bengal, has been protesting against the Mamata Banerjee government in the state for the past year.
The protest march was a big show of strength for the party, which is looking to make its presence feel in the state.
