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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari connected Saturday (May 24, 2026) pointed retired that the State gained infamy owed to assorted recruitment scams during the erstwhile Trinamool Congress authorities and added his authorities volition present a caller recruitment argumentation successful the adjacent Budget league of the assembly.
“A Bill to enact a caller recruitment argumentation volition beryllium introduced successful the adjacent Budget league of the West Bengal Assembly,” the Chief Minister said portion participating successful the Rojgar Mela successful Sealdah connected Saturday (May 24, 2026). The Budget Session of West Bengal Assembly volition statesman connected June 18.
The 3rd word of the Trinamool Congress authorities from 2021 to 2026 witnessed respective recruitment scams, similar the teachers’ recruitment scam and the municipal recruitment scams, wherever allegations of jobs being handed implicit for monetary gains. The Supreme Court successful 2025 had cancelled jobs of astir 26,000 teachers and non-teaching positions connected relationship of irregularities successful the recruitment process. The allegation of corruption successful authorities jobs came to wounded the Trinamool Congress, and the enactment mislaid the precocious concluded assembly elections to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
“Even the introspection centres were tainted successful specified a mode that Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway and Northeast Frontier Railway were not holding their recruitment examinations successful the state,” Mr. Adhikari said. The Chief Minister said that the youths of West Bengal were sitting for the examinations successful the neighbouring states of Bihar, Assam and Odisha.
The Chief Minister expressed his opinion that the c transcript of the OMR (Optical Mark Reader) of the written introspection conducted successful the authorities should beryllium fixed to each examinee.
“Our purpose volition beryllium to springiness the c transcript of the OMR to the examinees. It is a precise atrocious signifier with mala fide intention (of not giving the OMR sheet). Such practices were resorted to for encouraging nepotism and corruption,” Mr. Adhikari said.
For maintaining transparency, the Chief Minister said that much accent should beryllium fixed to the written introspection alternatively than interviews. “We privation transparent written tests for recruitment, due valuation of world excellence and implementation of the 100-point roster for reservation, which is mandatory. The government besides wants to trim the percent of marks allotted for viva examinations and people candidates’ scores connected the recruitment organisations’ websites,” Mr. Adhikari said.
