AGARTALA: A day after former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar blamed the BJP government for rising unemployment and misgovernance in the state, Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday slammed the previous Left government for “distributing jobs through party offices based on political affiliation”.
The Chief Minister said that the present (BJP) government is providing employment based on merit and through a transparent process.
CM Saha during the state-level training program for Medical Officers (Dental), Nursing Officers, and Community Health Officers (CHOs) at Pragna Bhavan here said: “We don’t believe in divisive policies. Those who governed the state for a long time followed such divisive practices. The former Chief Minister accuses me of distributing jobs, but what is this allegation based on? During their tenure, jobs were handed out from party offices. Only party-affiliated individuals were employed."
The present government had the courage to provide over 19, 000 jobs in a transparent manner and no one has ever challenged the (BJP) government’s recruitment process.
“We all witnessed what happened in the 10, 323 teachers’ case. That is part of history now, ” CM Saha said.
He further accused the CPI-M of trying to mislead the public with false statements.
Around 10, 323 Tripura government school teachers’ jobs were terminated following a Supreme Court verdict upholding a Tripura High Court ruling against their recruitment citing irregularities in recruitment during the Left regime.
The Chief Minister said that government employees had to agitate for Dearness Allowance (DA) earlier.