TMC removes Shantanu Sen as spokesperson

A day after Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shantanu Sen spoke out against anti-social activity at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, he was removed from the position of party spokesperson.

The ex-Rajya Sabha MP had stood by the protestors seeking justice for the junior doctor, who was raped and murdered at the seminar room of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, reports Opindia.

Shantanu had reportedly drawn the ire of the TMC high command after his critical comments about the functioning of the healthcare institution, which also happens to be his alma mater.

He had said, “There is a racket that runs in the college and if you don’t oil them then you get targeted and if you oil them, you can do whatever you want. I don’t want to name any particular professors but if you are in their good books then you can even cheat in the examination but if you are targeted no matter how good you are your Hons Will get cancelled.

“A day before Saraswati puja my daughter was going to college for pre-puja celebrations. But just because my daughter didn’t get into the racket that’s why she was not allowed to participate. No one talks to her or studies with her.”

His wife Kakali had also joined the doctors of the healthcare institution in protests. Shantanu Sen’s daughter also studies at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Shantanu Sen had openly lambasted Sandip Ghosh, the ex-principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital who is believed to be close to the ruling TMC government.

“For the last three years, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has been deprived because of the principal,” he did not mince any words before holding Ghosh responsible for the college’s deterioration.

And now, it has come to light that the TMC leader has been removed as party spokesperson. State Vice-President Jayaprakash Majumdar has however dismissed accusations of Shantanu’s sacking, following his comments about the hospital administration.

Majumdar claimed that the decision to remove Shantanu as TMC spokesperson was taken at the start of the RG Kar Hospital incident and has nothing to do with his recent comments.