STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: The members of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) have called the recently conducted employment drive of the state government one of the most corrupt employment examinations in the history of Assam and demanded a judicial inquiry into the matter. They also presented a fifteen-point memorandum that enlisted their demands, including the release of the marks received by the students along with the cut-off marks.
The DYFI members mentioned that the announcements made by the government regarding the complete removal of corruption from the employment process are actually fake and that there has been a lot of ambiguity regarding the recruitment processes conducted recently. These recruitments are part of the 1 lakh government jobs promised by the elected representatives at the time of the elections. They also pointed out that the state as well as the concerned department have failed to publish key details about the employment process. Although a large number of people have been given employment in multiple departments, details have now been released about the marks or scores of the candidates.
The state had organised the employment process for the third- and fourth-grade positions through the State Level Recruitment Commission (SLRC). However, no information was published regarding how marks were obtained or the cut-off marks for each department, even after a year of conducting the examinations. Mentioning that it is the right of the candidates to know how much they have scored in the examination, they raised questions as to why the concerned authorities are still unable to publish the same and demanded that they do it immediately along with department-wise cut-off marks.
As individual candidates were able to secure positions in multiple departments and this faced severe criticism from multiple circles, the CM announced the publication of an additional list of successful candidates. Although the promise was to publish a list of 835 candidates in July and an additional 1,000 candidates in the first week of August, the government published a list of only 514 candidates and let the expecting candidates continue waiting in vain. Also, no action was taken against the employment of highly educated candidates in the 4th grade positions, even after complaining about the same.
Also, after the recent incident regarding the involvement of members of the same party in scams related to accepting bribes for government jobs, DYFI raised questions about how deep corruption runs in the state and how many people are involved in such activities in the party. Mentioning that corruption has crept into every level of government recruitment in modern times, they called for a judicial inquiry into the matter and proper punishment for those found involved in these scams. They also mentioned that although people are arrested in relation to these incidents, these people do not receive any exemplary punishment at the hands of the lawmakers, citing that people involved in the SI scam are now found to be involved in other scams.
DYFI also demanded the creation of new posts, rolling back of the decision to remove posts, filling of vacated positions, regularization of the salaries of the contractual teachers, regularization of the posts of teachers and employees in venture schools, giving the status of teachers to the tutors, making the report of Biplob Kumar Sharma regarding corruption in APSC public, verification of the permanent resident certificates produced at the time of document verification, publication of advertisements of all private jobs on the Assam Government recruitment portal, and making it compulsory for all organisations to employ people from the state in third and fourth-grade positions.
These also demanded the development of natural resources in the state, protection of the tea industry as well as the workers associated with it, support for the new generation of farmers, entrepreneurs, and street vendors, ensuring that people working in shopping malls, restaurants, private educational institutions, and other private organisations receive a minimum of Rs 21000 per month, creation of alternative applications for Swiggy, Zomato, Ola, Uber, etc., removal of the new pension scheme, etc. They also called for a youth meeting on September 15 in view of their 15-point demands at 11 a.m. in Chachal, Guwahati.
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