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 easy. Many of those family members may be too old or feeble today to be eligible for government jobs," Basu said. In June, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari had announced Rs.25 lakh in relief for families of BJP workers killed during the 2021 assembly polls. The Left Front and TMC had not responded by 7pm. Congress state president Subhankar Sarkar said, "It is a good decision in principle, provided the beneficiaries are selected without any bias." HTC...