West Bengal: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday termed the cancellation of over 25,000 school jobs as a “gross injustice” and alleged that it was a ploy by the BJP to prevent these job losers from being deployed for election duty.
Addressing an election rally in Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency in Paschim Medinipur district, Banerjee wondered how schools could run even with so many teachers unemployed.
Earlier this week, the Calcutta High Court had declared the recruitment process of State Level Selection Test-2016 (SLST) in schools sponsored and aided by the West Bengal government as “null and void”, with all appointments made through it Was ordered to cancel.
“If someone has made a mistake, it can be rectified, but snatching 25,000 jobs is a grave injustice. If so many teachers are out of job, how will the schools run? “This is a ploy by the BJP. I respect the judiciary but what happened is a grave injustice.
“So many jobs have been snatched away so that these job losers cannot be deployed for election duty during elections and can be deployed as central government employees who will work at the behest of the saffron camp,” he said.
