CBI has named Abhishek Banerjee in its third charge sheet in connection with irregularities in the 2014 Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) and recruitment of assistant teachers in state-run primary schools following June 2022 orders of the Calcutta High Court. “I have said before that if anyone can prove any corruption, I will go to the gallows. I am saying the same thing again,” he said while addressing the Trinamool Congress’ organisational meeting here in the afternoon. He also said that misinformation is being deliberately spread around that he will be joining the BJP. He said that in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, the target should be to win at least one seat more than the number won by the party in 2021. The agency submitted its third supplementary chargeheet in the special court on February 21. The case is being investigated by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) and the West Bengal Special Investigative Service (WCSIS)
