In West Bengal, former CPI (M) MLA Tanmay Bhattacharya was accused of harassing a female journalist. The female journalist has accused the former MLA of sitting on his lap. After this allegation, CPI (M) has suspended party leader Tanmay Bhattacharya on Sunday. Announced this on Sunday.
CPI(M) state secretary Mohammad Salim said that the party will conduct an internal inquiry into the allegations against Tanmay Bhattacharya. Till the investigation is done, Tanmay Bhattacharya Will remain suspended. Salim said that action will be taken as per the proposal given by the inquiry committee.
Let us tell you that a female journalist complained on Facebook Live on Sunday afternoon that she was not able to meet Tanmay Bhattacharya in the morning. When she had gone for an interview, the CPM leader sat on her lap. That Facebook Live started spreading like wildfire on social media in the afternoon, causing an uproar within the CPM.
CPI(M) suspends Tanmay Bhattacharya
After this Mohammad Salim said in a press conference, “I came to know in the afternoon. A female journalist is angry with the behavior of Tanmay Bhattacharya. Girls understand very well which touch is normal and which is bad touch. As a party, CPM takes any such complaint seriously.
They said thatIf Tanmay Bhattacharya has done any wrong thing. It does not support CPM as a party in any way. No one will consider it good. We do not condemn it. There is a method for that too. But it takes time. So before that we will suspend Tanmay Bhattacharya. How many days will have to be seen? It depends on how many days the internal investigation will take to complete. We will accept whatever proposal the inquiry committee makes later.
CPM formed a committee to investigate
According to CPM sources, the party’s higher committee has constituted a commission to investigate such complaints. Tanmay Bhattacharya is an invited member of the District Editorial Board. This committee is chaired by the State Committee. Since the complaint against Tanmay was not filed at the party level and the complainant had made the matter public on social media.
Taking suo motu cognizance, State Secretary Salim announced the suspension of Tanmay Bhattacharya. Soon the party’s internal investigation committee will also be asked to start an investigation. Time will also be fixed to complete the investigation. According to party sources, many complaints had been received against Tanmay earlier also. Those complaints can also be investigated along with recent complaints.
Tanmay Bhattacharya has been a former MLA
Let us tell you that Tanmay Bhattacharya He was the state president of DYFI, the youth wing of CPM. Meenakshi Mukherjee is handling the responsibility of the state secretary of the organization. Tanmay Bhattacharya was the MLA of North Dumdum from 2016 to 2021. State Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya was defeated. However, Tanmay Bhattacharya was defeated by Chandrima Bhattacharya in 2021. Recently Tanmay lost the Barahnagar assembly by-election. Tanmay Bhattacharya had earlier also been involved in controversies within the party regarding his association with the party, disobeying party orders and going to Congress processions.
