Jitan Ram Manjhi to Protest Nitish Kumar Govt's Job Mela

Former Bihar chief minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha chief Jitan Ram Manjhi will protest an event scheduled later this week when the Nitish Kumar government will give away recruitment letters to newly appointed teachers.

Patna, Oct 31: Hindustani Awam Morcha chief Jitan Ram Manjhi on Tuesday announced that he will protest an event scheduled later this week when the Nitish Kumar government will give away recruitment letters to newly appointed teachers.

Manjhi to hold court for teachers job aspirants

Taking to Twitter, Manjhi, a former Bihar chief minister, announced that he will be holding a court for teachers job aspirants who have been complaining of irregularities in the recruitment process. Manjhi also explicitly stated that the Bihari Shikshak Abhyarthi Adalat will be organised at his residence on Thursday in protest against the Nitish Kumar governments decision to distribute letters of appointment with fanfare.

Manjhi had quit the ruling Mahagathbandhan in June

Notably, Manjhi had quit the ruling Mahagathbandhan in June, when his son Santosh Suman also gave up his ministerial berth, upon Chief Minister Nitish Kumars ultimatum to merge HAM with JDU or leave. Manjhi has since returned to the BJP-led NDA, which he had quit a year ago expressing solidarity with Kumar, though he has of late been lying low, unsure of the prospects of his eight-year-old party which is yet to open its account in a parliamentary election.

Over 1.20 lakh teachers recruited in first phase

According to Kanhaiya Lal Srivastava, the Director for Secondary Education, the state has made history with the recruitment of over 1.20 lakh teachers in the first phase of the selection process. The chief minister, who had last year assured his deputy Tejashwi Yadav that the latters promise of creating 10 lakh jobs in the state will be fulfilled, is scheduled to give away appointment letters to thousands of candidates at the historic Gandhi Maidan on November 2 when similar programmes have also been scheduled in other districts, to be attended by local dignitaries.

BJP terms recruitment process a scam

The BJP, which is now in the opposition in the state, has termed the recruitment process a scam, claiming that those who were already employed as contractual teachers were being shown as having been selected in exams conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission. The Mahagathbandhan has found itself with some ammunition to repel the charge, with a BJP leader in adjoining Uttar Pradesh sharing on Twitter that his daughter has cracked the BPSC test and was looking forward to a teaching career in Bihar.

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar is facing flak from the opposition over the recruitment of teachers. The BJP has termed the process a scam, while the Hindustani Awam Morcha chief Jitan Ram Manjhi has announced that he will protest an event where the government will distribute appointment letters to newly recruited teachers.