Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday dismissed the Opposition’s charge of a “scam” in teacher recruitment in the State. He said “they [Opposition BJP leaders in the State] have been picking holes in the appointment of teachers on the instructions from above [in their party]”.
On November 2, Mr. Kumar is scheduled to distribute appointment letters to over 25,000 teachers at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan. He urged Ministers of his coalition government not to give credit for the government’s good work to their own parties.
“Tomorrow [November 2] is a big day. Those who are picking holes in the recruitment of teachers had never any problem as long as they were with us. Now, they are finding faults on the instructions from the above [in their party]”, Mr. Kumar told media persons in Patna. Earlier, the Opposition BJP alleged scam in the teacher recruitment as “money has changed hands in the selection process” and many contractual teachers were being shown as fresh recruits to inflate figures by the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) government. The Bihar government has announced recruitment of 1.20 lakh teachers.
