Calcutta High Court's cancellation of jobs of 25,753 candidates has become a major political flashpoint between BJP and Trinamool in 2024 Lok Sabha polls, with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged teachers and school staff not to cast a single vote to BJP, Congress & CPI-M, holding them responsible for their job loss. Meanwhile, BJP assured legal assistance to the eligible candidates who lost their jobs due to the Bengal government not giving a list of ineligible candidates to HC.
Banerjee lashed out on the day the Education department of the state government moved to the Supreme Court opposing the verdict.
Calling the Court «a pilgrimage for the BJP», Banerjee said. «I will not talk about judges but will discuss the judgements. If there were any faults, this could have been subjected to scrutiny but how are the 26,000 jobs cancelled?»
She told the teachers from the public rally in Bardhaman’s Ayushgram, “Do not cast a single vote for the BJP, not even to CPI-M and Congress. They are behind your job loss. They have bought the high court, ED, CBI, CAPF and NIA,” Banerjee said.