Did Jobless Teachers in West Bengal Visit CM Banerjee’s Residence?

Kolkata, May 29 (NationPress) A group of innocent teachers in West Bengal, who lost their positions following a Supreme Court ruling last month related to the cash-for-job scandal, arrived at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s official residence on Thursday morning to share their plight with her.

Unfortunately, the teachers, who showed up at the Chief Minister’s residence without a prior appointment, were unable to meet Mamata Banerjee.

They were escorted away by security personnel stationed near the Chief Minister’s official residence in Kalighat, South Kolkata.

A police officer stated that on Thursday morning, a group of five female teachers unexpectedly arrived at the Chief Minister’s doorstep seeking an audience with her.

The police denied them entry and informed them that a meeting without an appointment was not feasible.

Despite this, the women began to argue with the officers.

Shortly after, the security team, along with female officers, detained them, placed them into a police van, and transported them from the vicinity of the Chief Minister’s residence to the nearby Kalighat Police Station for questioning.

The five detained educators are Sahani Naznin, Rupa Karmakar, Shilpi Chakraborty, Nur Amina Gulshan, and Sangeeta Saha.

During the confrontation with the police, Saha told reporters that they had not had the opportunity to request an appointment, which is why they came directly to the Chief Minister’s residence.

“We have been trying to secure an appointment with the Chief Minister since the beginning. We hoped she would comprehend our situation,” she stated.

Earlier this week, the Chief Minister declared that the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) would issue a notification for new recruitments to fill vacant teaching and non-teaching positions on May 30.

She emphasized that even the innocent teachers who had lost their jobs due to the Supreme Court ruling must participate in the written examination for recruitment.

However, sources within the state secretariat indicated that the notification might be released by Thursday evening.

On April 3, a Supreme Court Bench upheld a prior ruling from the Calcutta High Court that annulled 25,753 school appointments made via the WBSSC, directing the state government to initiate a new recruitment process by issuing notifications or advertisements by May 31.

Teachers who obtained their positions without monetary exchange have insisted they would refuse to take the new written examination, but the Chief Minister clarified that following the Supreme Court’s ruling, they had no choice but to undergo the test.