BJP's "Aunt-Nephew" Dig At Mamata Banerjee As Court Sacks 25,000 Teachers
NDTV
The appointment of 25,753 school staff have now been declared null and void and they have been asked to return the salary they have received so far with interest.
The BJP has welcomed the Calcutta High Court's order declaring as null and void the 2016 recruitment of about 25,000 school staff by the Mamata Banerjee government. "The deserving candidates are smiling, now it's time for nephew and aunt to go," Bengal BJP said in a post on X, taking a swipe at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and nephew and senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee.
Responding to the judgment, Ms Banerjee alleged that BJP leaders are "influencing judiciary and judgments", news agency PTI reported.
The jab came after a division bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Md Shabbar Rashidi trashed appointments made after State Level Selection Test-2016 to fill up teachers' posts in Bengal's government-sponsored and aided schools. The court asked the CBI to investigate the appointment process and submit a report in three months. The West Bengal School Service Commission, which recruits staff for state-run schools, has been asked to initiate a fresh appointment process.
