‘Will March To Nabanna With 1 Lakh Folks’: Suvendu’s Warning To CM Mamata Over Faculty Job Terminations – News18

Final Up to date:April 07, 2025, 16:56 IST

Suvendu Adhikari blamed Mamata Banerjee after over 26,000 job appointments in state-run colleges had been annulled. Banerjee vowed to again the sacked academics regardless of the Supreme Courtroom’s verdict.

Chief of the Opposition in West Bengal Meeting Suvendu Adhikari on Monday blamed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the termination of practically 26,000 faculty jobs and accused her authorities of repeatedly failing to submit the record of eligible and tainted candidates to the Supreme Courtroom.

Addressing a press convention exterior the Meeting, Adhikari alleged that regardless of getting a number of probabilities, the state authorities by no means submitted the record demanded by the apex courtroom.

He urged the terminated educating and non-teaching workers to file overview petitions earlier than the Supreme Courtroom and introduced that BJP MLAs would bear the authorized prices if mandatory.

“The state nonetheless has an opportunity. Submit the record by April 15. In any other case, on April 21, we are going to march to Nabanna with one lakh individuals. This shall be a non-political, individuals’s motion. We are going to sit in dharna, and if wanted, we are going to push this authorities out of energy,” Adhikari mentioned.

He additionally challenged Banerjee to personally submit the record of eligible candidates earlier than the courtroom.

“You declare that solely the eligible had been employed. If that’s true, submit the record your self. Let the courtroom resolve. For those who can’t try this, 2.3 lakh candidates shall be pressured to take a seat for contemporary exams,” he mentioned.

Adhikari alleged that the CM destroyed the autonomy of the Faculty Service Fee (SSC) and prevented it from functioning independently. “Because of the CBI, many deserving candidates have lastly been recognized. In any other case, the social unrest would have been far worse,” he mentioned.

The senior BJP chief mentioned had the state accepted Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay’s earlier order, 19,000 academics wouldn’t have misplaced their jobs.

“As an alternative, Mamata’s authorities has a Plan B and C — turning the jobless into civic academics with Rs 10,000 monthly. We wish Plan A: justice and restoration of jobs,” Adhikari asserted.

He accused the ruling social gathering of favouring solely a choose few. “She’s not the CM of Bengal, she’s the chief of TMC. A real CM would have met all terminated academics, not only a handful,” he mentioned.

Earlier within the day, a protest was held by BJP MLAs led by Adhikari exterior the Meeting, shouting slogans and holding placards that learn ‘TMC Chor’.

He claimed that out of 26,000 affected candidates, the federal government handpicked solely round 7,000 for an interplay with the CM at Netaji Indoor Stadium.

“Banerjee didn’t permit any of the aggrieved academics to talk. The interplay was staged. Many eligible candidates weren’t even allowed to enter the venue,” Adhikari claimed.

He additionally alleged that a lot of these given entry playing cards had been TMC employees who had helped rig votes in locations like Diamond Harbour.

In the meantime, the state authorities has mentioned it should file a overview petition earlier than the Supreme Courtroom difficult the order that cancelled the appointments.

Adhikari, nonetheless, insisted that Banerjee herself ought to battle the case as a lawyer and submit the advantage record to the courtroom. “There isn’t any three-month restriction. The federal government can nonetheless act. File the record on the day of the listening to, even technically,” he mentioned.

He concluded with a ultimate warning, “If the advantage record just isn’t submitted, we are going to guarantee this authorities goes. If we come to energy in 2026, we promise to revive justice inside a month.”

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