Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday offered a job to the widow of Sabir Malik, a migrant labourer from the state, after his killing in Haryana.
Banerjee provided a government job to the widow of the labourer as part of a compensation package.
The appointment letter was handed over to the widow and she has been posted as an attendant in the Basanti BLRO office.
The wife of the labourer and her daughter visited the state secretariat Nabanna during the day and met the chief minister.
The development is being seen as an attempt to hide the plight of West Bengal which lacks employment opportunities for its vote bank.
However, TMC MP Sagarika Ghose appeared gloating while sharing the pictures of Banerjee meeting the widow of Malik and his 4-year-daughter in a post on X.
Ghose headlined her post as "A little girl and the chief minister".
Banerjee assured that her government would take up the responsibilities of the child's education, he said.
Malik, 24, was lynched by five people in Charkhi Dadri district on August 28. The attackers had accused him of eating beef.
The lynching of Malik has sparked widespread outrage and drawn attention to issues of communal violence and discrimination.
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