West Bengal News / 'Will resign... will not apologize to the female officer', know why Mamata government's jail minister said so?

West Bengal News: The case of West Bengal Jail Minister Akhil Giri threatening and abusing a female forest officer has gained momentum. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday asked Jail Minister Akhil Giri to resign and apologize to the female officer of the forest department. A video of Minister Akhil Giri is going viral on social media. In this video, he is threatening a female officer of the state forest department.

Minister agrees to resign

TMC has demanded resignation from the post of minister or apology to the female forest officer. On this demand of the party, Giri said that he will resign, but will not apologize to the female forest officer.

This is the whole matter

Ramnagar MLA Akhil Giri, under whose jurisdiction this area falls. Was present among the local people. When he was seen threatening Manisha Sahu, forest officer of Kanthi Range of East Medinipur in the video. Manisha Sahu was removing encroachment in the forest area of ​​​​Tajpur beach. MLA from the same area and Jail Minister Akhil Giri did not like this. Akhil Giri told the woman officer that you are a government employee. You should speak with your head bowed down. The minister threatened that if you try to interfere in this matter again, he will ensure that you do not return safely.

TMC state president demands resignation from Giri

When the video of the minister talking to the woman forest officer in this manner went viral, TMC objected to it. TMC spokesperson Shantanu Sen said, 'Following the party's instructions, state president Subrata Bakshi called Akhil Giri on Sunday afternoon and directed him to apologize to the woman officer and resign immediately.'

There is no question of apologizing

On this, Giri said, 'There is no question of apologizing to any officer.' Along with this, he said, 'I will email my resignation at night and will personally hand it over to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Assembly tomorrow.

Party's image tarnished

Another TMC spokesperson Jayprakash Majumdar stressed that the party does not tolerate such behaviour from its members. He admitted that Giri's statement has tarnished the party's image to some extent. He said, 'We have come to know that he has decided to resign.':