Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan criticized the corruption in West Bengal, questioning why Abhishek Banerjee is scared. Pradhan urged Banerjee to let the central agencies do their job and not act as a judge. He stated that Bengal is in the hands of the corrupt, citing various cases such as Narada, Saradha scams, cow smuggling, coal smuggling, rice theft, and drug-mafia related cases.