India, Sept. 7 -- As the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) held a fresh recruitment test for teachers on Sunday following the Supreme Court's order in the bribe-for-job case, the noticeable presence of Uttar Pradesh residents among examinees at various centres triggered a political row.

WBSSC officials said around 31,000 candidates from other states appeared for Sunday's tests held to appoint classes 9 and 10 teachers in Bengal government schools. Many of them were from Jharkhand and Bihar as well, they said.

The test was last held in Bengal in 2016. The Supreme Court cancelled all those appointments in April and ordered a fresh examination.

Rajkumar Yadav, a resident of UP's Jaunpur district, came to Kolkata to take the wr...