Government to introduce new recruitment policy in next Assembly session: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari

West Bengal recruitment policy may see major changes as the state plans a new hiring framework focused on transparency.

West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari said the government has asked Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation to make a special audit of the areas to ensure that electricity to all illegal constructions or buildings without a proper building plan is disconnected permanently.File photo of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.
Written by: Atri Mitra
2 min readKolkataMay 23, 2026 02:18 PM IST First published on: May 23, 2026 at 02:18 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said Saturday that the state government will introduce a new recruitment policy in the next Assembly session.

Speaking to reporters at the Rozgar Mela in Kolkata’s Sealdah area, the chief minister said the image of the state has been damaged owing to corruption in recruitment for public jobs during the tenure of the previous dispensation.

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CM Adhikari said, “You know that West Bengal has become infamous. Teacher appointment corruption, re-appointment corruption… 26,000 teachers, education workers’ job cancellation. The state has suffered a lot in the matter of recruitment.”

The chief minister also said that the double-engine government in West Bengal will walk on the path shown by the Centre in the recruitment for railways, paramilitary forces, and in various fields, adding that the carbon copy of the OMR sheet of the written examination should be provided to every candidate.

As part of the initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide 10 lakh jobs, income fairs (Rojgar Mela) are being organised in different parts of the state. More than 51,000 people were given employment letters on Saturday from these fairs.

Atri Mitra is a highly accomplished Special Correspondent for The Indian Express, bringing Read More

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