Teaching job aspirants on Wednesday (September 24, 2025) surrounded and blocked the vehicle of Trinamool Congress leaders in the Barasat area, demanding immediate appointments. A city court asked West Bengal Minister to be present before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on September 25 and September 26 for questioning in the school recruitment scam.
The hundreds of protestors said they had cleared the West Bengal Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) exam in 2022, but are yet to get placed in government school jobs.
Violent clashes erupted between the job aspirants and the local police after the protestors refused to let the Trinamool Congress leaders leave without answers. TMC’s senior leader and MP from Dum Dum constituency Sougata Ray, and MLA Nirmal Ghosh from Panihati constituency were