Trinamool Asks Minister To Resign Over His Misbehaviour With Woman Officer

“I will e-mail by resignation letter today following Subrata Bakshi’s instruction. I will meet chief minister Mamata Banerjee tomorrow and hand over the letter to her. As a politician, I have never apologized to any officer. The question does not arise. I uttered harsh words in anger, but I was fighting for the local people who lost their shops,” Giri told the media at Ramnagar, his assembly constituency in East Midnapore district.

Videos of Saturday’s incident went viral, prompting the TMC leadership to condemn Giri’s behaviour. Bakshi called the minister on Sunday and asked him to tender his resignation immediately and personally apologise to range officer Manisha Sau, whom Giri confronted at the Tajpur sea beach.

Giri accused Sau of pulling down around 20 shops set up on the beach by local people, while the officer claimed that her department had carried out the chief minister’s recent order to evict all encroachers from government land. The Tajpur beach is a popular tourist destination.