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The Hindu
29-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Second harassment incident within months: CPI(M) expels former MP
Kolkata The Communist Party of India (Marxist) which recently held a massive rally at Kolkata's Brigade ground is facing a peculiar problem as senior male leaders face allegations of harassment. In a recent development, a female party leader alleged senior leader Bansa Gopal Chowdhury of sending her objectionable messages on social media. Mr. Chowdhury has been expelled from the party after the allegations came to light and an internal investigation found him guilty of the charges. This is the second such incident concerning the party's senior leadership after another senior member Tanmoy Bhattacharya was suspended for harassing a female journalist. Mr. Chowdhury, a 65-year-old senior leader and three-time former MP from Asansol was a Paschim Bardhaman district committee member of the party. According to sources, the woman who has raised the allegations is also a former councilor from the Jiaganj-Azimganj Municipality area in West Bengal. The female leader posted photographs of Bansa Gopal with other State CPI(M) leaders on social media on February 22 after their three-day State Conference started. 'How is such a degraded human being be a representative at the CPI(M) State Conference?' the woman's post on social media read. This came with pictures of Mr. Chowdhury posing with senior party leader and State Secretary Mohammad Salim and others at the State Conference event. After the notice for Mr. Chowdhury's expulsion was made public, the woman who had alleged the leader told The Hindu, 'I had faith in my party. They kept my dignity.' Mr. Chowdhury has denied all allegations since the start and has said that he has been a victim of a bigger conspiracy.
The Hindu
29-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Second harassment incident within months: Senior CPI(M) MP expelled from party in Kolkata
Kolkata The Communist Party of India (Marxist) which recently held a massive rally at Kolkata's Brigade ground is facing a peculiar problem as senior male leaders face allegations of harassment. In a recent development, a female party leader alleged three-time MP Bansa Gopal Chowdhury of sending her objectionable messages on social media. Mr. Chowdhury has been expelled from the party after the allegations came to light and an internal investigation found him guilty of the charges. This is the second such incident concerning the party's senior leadership after another senior member Tanmoy Bhattacharya was suspended for harassing a female journalist. Mr. Chowdhury, a 65-year-old senior leader and three-time former MP from Asansol was a Paschim Bardhaman district committee member of the party. According to sources, the woman who has raised the allegations is also a former councilor from the Jiaganj-Azimganj Municipality area in West Bengal. The female leader posted photographs of Bansa Gopal with other State CPI(M) leaders on social media on February 22 after their three-day State Conference started. 'How is such a degraded human being be a representative at the CPI(M) State Conference?' the woman's post on social media read. This came with pictures of Mr. Chowdhury posing with senior party leader and State Secretary Mohammad Salim and others at the State Conference event. After the notice for Mr. Chowdhury's expulsion was made public, the woman who had alleged the leader told The Hindu, 'I had faith in my party. They kept my dignity.' Mr. Chowdhury has denied all allegations since the start and has said that he has been a victim of a bigger conspiracy.
NDTV
27-04-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
CPI(M) Expels 3-Time MP Over Objectionable Behaviour Towards Woman Colleague
Kolkata: The CPI(M) in West Bengal has expelled three-time Lok Sabha member, Bansa Gopal Chowdhury, from the party on charges of "highly objectionable" behaviour towards a woman colleague. On April 20, the woman leader of the party and also a former councillor from Jiaganj-Azimganj Municipality made a post on the social networking site accusing Chowdhury of sending her obscene messages on WhatsApp. She also uploaded the screenshots of those messages allegedly sent to her. She also sought disciplinary action against Chowdhury, who was also a member of the previous Left Front cabinet before becoming a Lok Sabha member from the Asansol constituency in the West Burdwan district of West Bengal. He was currently the party's West Burdwan district committee member. The woman claimed she brought the matter to the party leadership's notice in November last year. The matter was referred to the party's internal complaints committee, which started an investigation. Chowdhury, however, had been denying the allegations since the beginning and claimed that he was a victim of a conspiracy. Finally, after the woman leader uploaded the screenshots of the messages on the social networking site this month, the CPI(M) decided to expel Chowdhury from the party. CPI(M) leadership announced Chowdhury's expulsion through a notification issued on Sunday morning. However, in the notification, the party did not elaborate on the reason behind his expulsion. "As per the notification, Chowdhury refused to get reforms despite sustained efforts by the party leadership to do so. Hence, he had been expelled from the party as per the recommendations of the internal complaints committee," read the notification. "In terms of Lok Sabha or Assembly strengths in West Bengal, we might be zero. But we never nurture such instances of moral degeneration within the party. But I wonder whether, after being expelled, he will become an asset for Trinamool Congress," said a state committee leader of the party.
