The West Bengal cabinet approves more than 6,000 Gram panchayat appointments

The TMC launched a campaign called “Jaan ki Baat,” which translates to “voice of the people,” in an attempt to undermine Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s well-liked radio programme “Maan ki Baat.” The video with a lot of facts concentrated on Kolkata’s youth unemployment rate: The state cabinet has approved over 6,000 appointments in the gramme panchayat and panchayat samitis, at a time when federal agencies are investigating claims of corruption in the appointments of school and civic body employees throughout West Bengal. This has led the opposition to accuse chief minister Mamata Banerjee of staging a charade ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

At a cabinet meeting on Thursday afternoon, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which had just released a video on unemployment in India to kick off its social media campaign for the upcoming general elections, decided to fill 6,734 vacant posts, which ranged from executive assistant engineers to clerks and peons.The TMC launched a campaign called “Jaan ki Baat,” which translates to “voice of the people,” in an attempt to undermine Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s well-liked radio programme “Maan ki Baat.” The youth unemployment rate in the nation was the main topic of the data-heavy film.Bengal water resources minister Manas Bhunia, who was present at the cabinet meeting headed by the chief minister, stated, “The appointments will be made across all three layers of the panchayat system. There are some fresh posts among them.“This is a continuation of the government’s efforts to fill vacancies and create new posts despite the cash crunch,” a state secretariat administrator said, speaking under anonymity. Over the course of the previous year, decisions were made to hire several thousand health professionals, police constables, and fire department employees in phases.Samik Bhattacharya, the top spokesperson for the BJP’s Bengal unit, stated: “Mamata Banerjee is known for her stunts, but this one won’t sway voters.” If the government truly cared about reducing unemployment, thousands of eligible young people would not have fallen for a well-planned jobs scam, in which TMC leaders are main suspects.