Abhishek sent to his brother for a job, Akash asked Rs 8 lakh
Abhishek sent to his brother for a job, akash asked Rs 8 lakh…Bishnupur mp Soumitra Khan made an explosive claim against Trinamool general secretary abhishek banerjee when the political tension was at its peak after the court verdict in SSC corruption. Soumitra claimed that akash Banerjee, brother of abhishek banerjee, demanded Rs 8 lakh to give jobs to acquaintances while he was in Trinamool. Trinamool dismissed Soumitra's claim as baseless.In an election meeting at Ratanpur, Bankura on Wednesday, bjp candidate from Bishnupur constituency Soumitra Khan said, 'When I was in Trinamool in 2017, I asked abhishek banerjee for jobs for some boys. abhishek sent me to his brother Akash. I went to akash and said, abhishek has asked to give some people jobs. What can be arranged? Hearing this, akash told me, 'Dada, I will not take more from you. 8 lakhs for me and 2 lakhs for you per candidate. Bring me 100 such candidates.Dismissing Soumitra's allegations, Trinamool mla Alok Mukhopadhyay said that these words have no basis. Soumitra is saying these while campaigning in the data-face of polls.In a historic verdict on Monday, the Special Division Bench of the calcutta High court canceled around 26,000 jobs in the 2016 SSC recruitment scam. The court said there were 17 different ways of corruption. In the verdict, the court mentioned that they were forced to cancel the entire panel as the list of eligible candidates was not submitted to the SSC court. In the meantime, Soumitra accused abhishek of asking money directly for the job.