Advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya criticized the Trinamool Congress government over the West Bengal School Service Commission recruitment case. He said the teacher selection process was full of fraud and jobs were sold openly.
Kolkata, 7 Sep 2025
Advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya criticized the Trinamool Congress government over the 2016 West Bengal School Service Commission recruitment case. He said the teacher selection process was full of fraud and jobs were sold openly.
Advocate claims systematic fraud in teacher selection
Bhattacharya said the 2016 SSC exam was the first attempt by the TMC government to hold a corrupt teacher selection process. He stated that the Supreme Court judgment showed the government deliberately cheated in the elections. The advocate also said teacher jobs were sold openly in the market. He accused the government of not taking steps to follow the Supreme Courts order.
SSC releases list of ineligible candidates
On August 31, the West Bengal School Service Commission released a list of 1804 ineligible candidates. This was done after the Supreme Court told them to publish the names of tainted candidates in the cash-for-jobs scam. The commission gave the roll number, serial number and name of the ineligible candidates. Many teachers who lost their jobs have been protesting against the government. Advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya on Sunday criticised the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government over the 2016 West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment case, alleging that the teacher selection process was "vitiated by systematic fraud" and jobs were "openly sold in the market". He also said that the School Service Commission is trying to protect some of…
The government did not take any step to implement the SC's order. Still now, the SSC has not honestly declared the list of the tainted candidates.
The Supreme Court has ordered the TMC government to start a fresh selection process for teachers. Follow The Rising News for more verified updates.
Updated 7 Sep 2025, 10:13 IST; source: link