Kolkata: Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Kunal Ghosh yesterday wrote to the party leadership for withdrawing the suspension slapped on him, stressing he stood by the issues he has raised, but was “sorry” if he has hurt anybody.
The journalist-turned MP, who has been grilled by police multiple times in connection with Saradha chit fund scam, maintained that he was yet to receive any show cause letter from the party.
Ghosh said he has also sent a “personal letter” to party chief Mamata Banerjee, but refused to disclose its contents.
“I have written to disciplinary committee convenor Partha Chatterjee and party general secretary Mukul Roy. I have requested them to revoke my suspension,” said Ghosh.
“I have written to them that I could not reply to the show-cause (notice) as I never received it. I have not indulged in any anti-party activity.
“I had to interact with the media, as it has regularly caught hold of me when I came out after my interrogation sessions at the Bidhan Nagar commissionerate,” he said. The commissionerate is probing the multi-crore Saradha scam.
“I have asked for a chance to explain my stand. I want to say whatever I have to say in a party forum. That is the reason I demanded the constitution of an intra-party probe commission,” said Ghosh. “I have made it clear that I stand by the issues I have raised. But I have also written that I am sorry if my comments have hurt any Trinamool worker,” he added. Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha leader Sudip Bandopadhyay said his counterpart in the Rajya Sabha Mukul Roy will write to the deputy chairman of the House seeking separate sitting arrangement for Ghosh.
On Saturday, Chatterjee announced that Ghosh has been suspended from the party with immediate effect on disciplinary grounds. “Despite being show caused, Ghosh has continued to speak against the party, tarnishing its image. The disciplinary committee met on September 27 and unanimously decided to suspend him,” said Chatterjee.
Ghosh lashed out at the party leadership at an event on September 20, alleging he was being made a scapegoat by those involved in the scam.
IANS
