'Don’t fall into CPM-BJP conspiracy, hear out CM Mamata Banerjee first': TMC to sacked school teachers

TNN / Updated: Apr 7, 2025, 14:38 IST

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Trinamool Congress asked school staff to not fall for a conspiracy by CPM and BJP and disrupt CM Mamata Banerjee's address at Netaji Indoor Stadium. TMC said Banerjee aims to untangle issues, while the opposition aims to exploit them politically. The administration will monitor for any provocateurs during the interaction.

'Don’t fall into CPM-BJP conspiracy, hear out CM Mamata Banerjee first': TMC to sacked school teachers

Trinamool Congress has urged school staff who lost their jobs to listen to CM Mamata Banerjee before acting on alleged provocations by CPM and BJP, who are accused of exploiting the issue for political gain.

KOLKATA: "Hear out CM Mamata Banerjee first," Trinamool said on Sunday, asking school staff who lost their jobs not to fall for a "CPM-BJP conspiracy" and disrupt the CM's interaction with them at Netaji Indoor Stadium on Monday.
The party insisted that Banerjee's efforts were to untangle the knots and wipe tears, while CPM and BJP's interest was to politically exploit their tears.

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TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said: "We have inputs that.... they (some provocateurs at the behest of BJP or CPM) will try to disrupt the proceedings. It is in the opposition's interest to keep the issue lingering. To stop the CM from untangling the knots, they may try some tricks. This they (CPM and BJP) tried to do in Oxford also, when the audience threw out six disruptors. We will keep watch; the administration will also keep an eye on provocateurs."

TMC's comments came in the backdrop of several opposition parties declaring their protest timelines on the issue, including one on Monday itself, when one opposition party wing plans to march to Kalighat.

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"In Tripura, when CPM was in office, all 10,323 govt teachers lost their jobs. CPM had asked the courts why all were being penalised for the fault of a few. They are now saying just the opposite in Bengal. BJP came to office in Tripura promising to help teachers who lost their jobs. They did nothing. Banerjee really wants to work out a solution," Ghosh said.
The TMC spokesperson said the party had "a clear line of demarcation". "On one side are those who got their jobs by unfair means. Their problem is of their own making. The party has nothing to say on it. But we will always be alongside the 20,000-odd staff who got their appointments fairly. This dichotomy is there in the apex court judgment also. It asks the tainted to pay back their salaries but says the untainted can keep theirs."
Ghosh added: "CBI recovered some OMR sheets from the rooftop of an UP-based trader's Ghaziabad home. Who is he?"

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