Friday, March 29, 2024
News

WBSSC scam: Stir to continue till distribution of appointment letters

   SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend    Print this Page   COMMENT

Kolkata | Tuesday, 2022 2:45:10 AM IST
Mere verbal assurances would not work and the agitation against the multi-crore teacher recruitment scam in West bengal will continue till the deserving candidates receive appointment letters, Education Minister Bratya Basu was told on Monday.

"The education minister has given us an assurance on this count. We are hopeful that the state government will fulfil its promises. However, our agitation on the open streets has crossed 500 days. Our peaceful agitation will continue till the time each of the candidates who were deprived of jobs despite qualifying in the merit list is provided the appointment letter. The number of such candidates will be around 600," the leader of the agitators' delegation, S. Shahidullah, said after the meeting.

During the meeting, Bratya Basu said that the state government has assured the agitators that their demand will be "sympathetically viewed".

"However, accommodating so many candidates would require creation of additional posts. That would need clearance from the state finance department and then the state cabinet. The entire process would consume some time," he said.

This is the second such meeting on this issue.

The first initiative on holding talks with the agitators was undertaken by Trinamool Congress national general secretary and party MP, Abhishek Banerjee on July 29.

The state education minister had also attended that meeting. In that meeting too, the delegates had sent a clear message that talks might continue but the agitation will be withdrawn only after the appointment matter for the candidates are settled.

--IANS src/pgh

( 261 Words)

2022-08-08-20:54:03 (IANS)

 
  LATEST COMMENTS (0)
POST YOUR COMMENT
Comments Not Available
 
POST YOUR COMMENT
 
 
TRENDING TOPICS
 
 
CITY NEWS
MORE CITIES
 
 
INDIA WORLD ASIA
Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena releases first...
'Was unwell, not being given treatment,'...
Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhta...
'Three parties have allied directly...':...
Uttar Pradesh: Security tightened in Ali...
'My father was being given slow poison; ...
More...    
 
 Top Stories
Columbia expels Argentina's diploma... 
Bunker demand surges in Sri Lankan ... 
Allu Arjun unveils his wax statue a... 
Elena Rybakina fends off Victoria A... 
Danielle Collins downs Ekaterina Al... 
"Absolutely baseless": Former UP DG... 
Grigor Dimitrov ousts top-seeded Ca... 
Telangana: Fire breaks out at vehic...