WB plans jobs for Families of poll violence victims over 25 years
Kolkata, Oct. 31 -- The West Bengal cabinet has decided to offer government jobs to the next of kin of people killed in election-related violence over the past 25 years, state BJP leaders said on Friday.
The scheme will cover families of those killed during assembly, Lok Sabha and panchayat polls under the 15-year Trinamool Congress regime and the preceding decade of Left Front rule, which ended in 2011.
BJP spokesperson Sayantan Basu told HT that applications would be invited through public advertisements and beneficiaries selected after scrutiny.
"The government wants to offer jobs to the children or spouses of those who died during the CPI(M)'s regime 25 years ago. Several of those victims were BJP workers. However, the task may not be e...
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