An audio tape of a woman purportedly speaking on the phone with Mondal and asking for a job appeared on social media a few days ago. In the alleged video, the man allegedly asked for sexual favours in exchange for getting her a job.
“As a loyal soldier of my party, I have followed the instruction and tendered my resignation as the chairman of Dainhat Municipality. But I am not quitting the party. I am with the party.”
Sisir Mondal, whose name surfaced in an alleged sex-for-job scandal, resigned from his position as chairman of the Trinamool Congress-controlled Dainhat Municipality in the Purba Bardhaman district on Friday at the request of his party’s high command.An audio tape of a woman purportedly speaking on the phone with Mondal and asking for a job appeared on social media a few days ago. In the alleged video, the man allegedly asked for sexual favours in exchange for getting her a job. The TMC leadership strongly objected to the clip as soon as it entered the public domain and immediately instituted disciplinary action.
According to TMC sources, Abhishek Banerjee, the party’s national general secretary, requested the chairman step down from his position; disciplinary action will be taken against him later. However, the BJP criticised the TMC for “shielding the culprit” by calling for his resignation. “We must take legal action against him. If he escapes punishment for his actions, what good is it to ask him to resign? By requesting him to resign, the TMC is attempting to cover up his crime, claimed BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar.
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