A day after Mamata Banerjee called Calcutta HC a “mahatirtha (pilgrimage site)” for BJP while stressing that HC could have “given some other advice” in the cash-for-jobs case instead of scrapping the appointment of 25,757 people by SSC, the court on Thursday admitted a petition against West Bengal chief minister for “making accusations against the judiciary every day”.
The petition was admitted on a day when Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek alleged that a section of Calcutta HC was “in a nexus with BJP and is delivering verdicts based on BJP’s instructions”. At a poll meeting in Purulia, Abhishek spoke about Calcutta HC’s Monday verdict scrapping the SSC’s appointments.“Those who are involved in match-fixing predict how bowling or batting would be done and that is what exactly happened. We knew about betting but it has been taken to another level by a section of Calcutta HC. BJP is betting and they are being backed by some of the judges,” Abhishek said.
Moving the petition against Banerjee in HC, CPM neta and senior counsel Bikash Bhattacharya submitted newspaper clippings and a pen drive capturing Banerjee’s speech in support of his claim. He urged the court to take suo motu cognizance of the matter.
At a rally in East Burdwan’s Ausgram Wednesday, Banerjee had said: “They cannot give jobs, but have taken away 26,000 jobs. BJP functionaries moved court demanding these teachers’ jobs be taken away. A BJP PIL is accepted the moment they (someone from the party) file it, but the court’s doors are closed for others. I have never seen a situation like this.”