The agitators demanded to be given jobs immediately…
On Wednesday afternoon, In West Bengal, Traffic at Kalighat crossing came to a halt as hundreds of teaching job aspirants staged protests near CM Mamata Banerjee’s residence alleging that they have been deprived of appointment in schools due to irregularities in the recruitment process.
The agitators, who claimed to have cleared the Teacher Eligibility Test in 2014, demanded to be given jobs immediately.
They sought to meet Banerjee to press for their demands and claimed that they were harassed by the police personnel and forcefully removed from the protest site.
The police personnel on duty had a hard time controlling the situation.
As their pleas to vacate the road fell on deaf ears, the police used force to remove the protestors.
The protestors were whisked away in vehicles to the Lalbazar police headquarters.
“We did not make it to the merit list despite studying hard and clearing the examination. But names of politicians featured in the list. Is it not a mockery of justice? We want justice,” a protestor said.
The protestor was referring to the recent list released by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE), which had names like Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari, Dilip Ghosh, Sujan Chakraborty as candidates who have cleared the examination.
After the names created chaos, the board had clarified that these were mere namesakes and the merit list, recently published in its website, had names of other candidates too.
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