Trinamool protests today over top court upholding order on termination of 25,000 school jobs

IANS April 9, 2025 376 views

The Trinamool Congress is organizing a massive protest in Kolkata against the Supreme Court's decision to terminate 25,000 school job appointments. The party claims a conspiracy by political opponents and will hold rallies across West Bengal to highlight the issue. The Supreme Court upheld the Calcutta High Court's order cancelling the jobs due to alleged irregularities in the selection process. The protests are strategically designed to target political rivals while avoiding direct confrontation with the court's verdict.

"The jobs were cancelled due to failure to segregate genuine and tainted candidates" - Supreme Court Division Bench
Kolkata/New Delhi, April 9: The Trinamool Congress will lead a protest march in Kolkata on Wednesday against the termination of 25,000 teaching and non-teaching jobs in different schools run by the West Bengal government.

Key Points

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Trinamool to protest job cancellations across West Bengal

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Supreme Court upholds Calcutta High Court's original order

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Party blames CPI(M) and BJP for job terminations

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Protest march starts at College Square in Kolkata

The decision to hold the protest march came days after the Supreme Court upheld the previous order of the Calcutta High Court to cancel the appointments of the teachers made by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC).

The march, according to party officials, will begin at College Square and conclude at Dharamtala at 3 pm today, and will include participation from the party's youth and student wings.

In addition to the Kolkata rally, the Trinamool Congress has also announced plans for similar rallies across districts, blocks, wards, and towns on April 11.

Trinamool Congress' state president in West Bengal issued a statement on Monday stating that a mega protest rally will be organised in Kolkata on April 9 by the members of the students' and young wings of the party.

The rally will start at 3 p.m. at College Square in North Kolkata and will end at Esplanade in central Kolkata.

On the next day, April 10, similar protest rallies will be conducted in every district of the state.

The official tone of the Trinamool's protests will be that the CPI(M) and BJP conspired to ensure the termination of the 25,753 jobs.

Political observers say that deliberately the official tone of the protest rallies had been limited to accusing political opponents as direct protests against the decision to cancel jobs would have meant a protest against a verdict of the Supreme Court, whose Division Bench last week had upheld an order by Calcutta High Court last year cancelling a total of 25,753 appointments made by the WBSSC.

The apex court's Division Bench last week also accepted the observation of the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court that the entire panel of 25,753 jobs had to be cancelled because of the failure of the state government and the commission to segregate the "genuine" candidates from the "tainted" ones who allegedly got jobs by paying money.

Reader Comments

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Rahul S.
This is heartbreaking for all those teachers who got their jobs fairly. The government should have done proper verification before hiring. Now innocent people are suffering because of corruption in the system. 😔
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Priya M.
While I support the protest for genuine candidates, the Supreme Court's decision makes sense. You can't let corruption go unchecked. The state govt should focus on creating new transparent recruitment process ASAP.
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Amit K.
My cousin lost her job in this mess. She studied so hard for years to get this position. The system failed honest candidates while corrupt ones prospered. Hope the new recruitment will be fair this time.
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Sunita R.
Instead of blaming political opponents, the ruling party should take responsibility for this massive recruitment scam. Thousands of families' lives are disrupted because of their failure to conduct fair hiring.
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Neha P.
The protests are justified but I hope they remain peaceful. The focus should be on getting justice for genuine candidates who got caught in this mess through no fault of their own. 🙏
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Deepak J.
This whole situation shows why we need education reforms. When teaching jobs become political currency, our children suffer the most. Hope the courts ensure proper compensation for those wrongfully terminated.

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