‘Severe injustice’: Rahul Gandhi urged President Murmu to step into India news among Bengal teachers

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP MP Rahul Gandhi wrote to President Draupadi Murmu on Tuesday, demanded his intervention in the ongoing line on the recruitment of teachers in West Bengal.
In his letter, Congress MP recently exposed Supreme Court verdict This retained a Calcutta HC decision, which declared the 2016 teacher recruitment process to be zero and serious irregularities. As a result, the appointments of more than 25,000 teaching and non-teaching staff were canceled.
Rahul Gandhi also attracted attention to the plight of the people elected through fair means, saying, “Any crime committed during recruitment should be condemned … however, treating the teachers selected through fair means at equilibrium with tainted teachers is a serious injustice.” He said that many of these “unpublished” teachers have been serving for almost a decade and their dismissal could cause significant disruption in the education system and financial difficulties for their families.
Appealing directly to the President, Gandhi wrote, “You have worked as a teacher himself. I am sure you understand the huge human cost of this injustice … I request you to request the government to ensure that the candidates selected to continue through fair means are allowed to continue.”
In the first day, the Supreme Court kept a separate share Calcutta High CourtThe order called for CBI inquiry into the West Bengal Cabinet decision to create a supernumeory post for these employees. However, it allowed continuity CBI investigation In other aspects of the recruitment process.
The line stems from the 2016 recruitment drive by the West Bengal School Services Commission (SSC), which was caused by allegations of corruption and bias.
The Calcutta High Court had earlier killed the entire process, causing extensive protests from the affected teachers.
Responding to development, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee met with several affected teachers and strongly criticized the court’s decision. Calling it a “conspiracy” to weaken the state’s education system, he said, “Many of these teachers are gold medalists … You are calling them incapable, who has given you this right? Who is playing this game?”