Kolkata:
Asish Banerjee, the previous deputy speaker of the West Bengal meeting, was discovered useless this morning at a Trinamool Congress’s workplace subsequent to his home in Birbhum district’s Rampurhat metropolis. His physique, which was discovered hanging, was despatched for postmortem, the police mentioned.
Asish Banerjee served as deputy speaker when Trinamool head Mamata Banerjee was chief minister. He was a five-time MLA from Rampurhat.
A handwritten observe was additionally discovered close to the physique, native stories mentioned. “Nobody is accountable for my dying,” the textual content mentioned, in accordance with the stories that NDTV couldn’t independently confirm.
Asish Banerjee additionally expressed remorse over his entry into politics and requested his household to not get entangled in politics, stories mentioned. Within the purported observe, he denied he had something to do with corruption and asserted that although he couldn’t settle for the occasion’s “wrongdoing”, he was by no means capable of protest towards it.
Ashish Banerjee mentioned within the letter he had no actual authority within the Tarapith Rampurhat Growth Authority (TRDA), and alleged makes an attempt have been made to belittle him.
“I had no duties on the TRDA apart from attending common conferences. I used to be not on the tender committee. I didn’t have the authority to signal cheques. I used to be not concerned in approving plans or issuing ‘no objection’ certificates. Nobody ever consulted me on these issues. I condemn the actions taken to malign me. At present, I really feel that coming into politics was a mistake. I’m advising the younger males of my household to not be a part of politics; allow them to deal with their respective professions,” he mentioned within the purported observe.
He misplaced to BJP’s Dhruba Saha within the state election earlier this 12 months.
He lived within the Hattalapara neighbourhood in Rampurhat. A big crowd had gathered outdoors the occasion workplace after they heard his physique had been discovered.
A big crowd gathers outdoors Asish Banerjee’s home after listening to about his dying
Asish Banerjee served as Bengal training and agriculture minister since Mamata Banerjee got here to energy for the primary time a few years in the past.
Asish Banerjee had stepped down from the submit of chairman of the Trinamool’s Birbhum district core committee in June, although he introduced he would stay because the occasion’s common member.
The BJP received six out of 11 constituencies in Birbhum within the newest election. In 2021, the Trinamool received 10 seats towards the BJP’s one in the identical district.
At present’s growth comes amid large modifications in Bengal politics following the Trinamool’s defeat after 15 years in energy. A number of former Trinamool MLAs and leaders face corruption-related investigations and arrests.
