Kolkata, April 4 -- In a major blow to the Trinamool Congress Government in West Bengal in an election year, the Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled 25,762 school-level appointments on grounds of 'corruption and irregularity', prompting the Opposition parties to demand the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The appointments were made by the State School Service Commission in 2016.
Banerjee, who blamed CPI (M) and BJP for conspiring to malign her Government, however said that though she respected all the judges and the judiciary, her opinion in the present case would not match that of the judges. "I respect the judges and judiciary but I am afraid I cannot accept this order though the Government will have to implement it as it i...