Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari joined the School Service Commission candidates' protest in Kolkata on March 11. Suvendu Adhikari said, "Those who failed got jobs and those who passed did not get jobs, this is rigged. There are vacancies and these people should be given jobs." School Service Commission (SSC) candidates in West Bengal have been protesting against the state education department over alleged job discrimination.