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These days there is a huge earthquake in the political and administrative corridors of Jharkhand. The state government has taken such a drastic step to calm down the student agitation and protests that have been going on for the last several weeks, which has now given rise to a new and serious crisis. Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s government has taken a big decision to collectively cancel all the competitive examinations and their results conducted through the controversial agency ‘TDPL’ since 2014. The government hoped that this decision would pacify the angry students and the ongoing ruckus on the streets would stop, but instead of this, the matter has become more complicated. After this swift decision, now those youth have come out on the streets who were serving in various departments after passing the examinations through hard work and following the legal process. This decision to weigh guilty and innocent candidates in the same scale has raised a big and dark question mark on the future of the youth of the state. Let us know in this detailed article what is the real truth behind this entire incident and what serious impact it is going to have on the politics and administrative system of Jharkhand.
Long movement of students and increasing pressure on the government
For the past several weeks, thousands of competitive students were fighting a tough battle against rigging, paper leaks and corruption in the examination system in the Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium of the capital Ranchi and in major areas of the city. The main allegation of the students was that some agencies and officials conducting examinations in the state have become part of the corrupt system, due to which the rights of qualified and meritorious youth are being denied. These demonstrations gradually took the form of a big political movement, due to which the problems of the government and administration were continuously increasing. The opposition was also continuously busy cornering the government on this issue. In such a situation, in the name of increasing pressure and maintaining peace in the state, the government, without any long discussion, took a unilateral and tough decision to completely cancel the examinations from 2014 till now, which is now becoming a problem for the government itself.
Serious danger of weighing the guilty and the innocent on the same scale
The biggest criticism of this decision of Hemant Sarkar is that the difference between guilty and completely innocent and honest candidates has been completely erased. This collective action of the government is as if the entire village is punished for the mistake of one person. The youth who had passed these examinations after working hard day and night for years and got jobs on the basis of their ability, say that they are not the victims of this corruption but its victims. If any irregularities were found in the system or at the level of any agency, the government should have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) and taken strict action against them individually by identifying only the suspected or guilty people. But canceling the entire selection process is like shattering the dreams of thousands of innocent families in one fell swoop, which has created huge resentment among the youth towards the government.
Selected candidates’ anger and demonstration at project building
As soon as this decision of the government came to light, the ground slipped from under the feet of those youth who had got jobs. Fearing the loss of their jobs overnight and sensing the future crisis, hundreds of successful candidates demonstrated outside Ranchi’s Chief Secretariat ‘Project Bhawan’ and raised slogans against the government. Many candidates expressed their pain in front of the media and said that to get this government job, they had left their already good private and other secure posts. He says that he achieved this position not through any recommendation or dishonesty, but after long legal battles and court orders. Due to sudden loss of job, these youth are facing a serious crisis of livelihood, due to which they are now preparing to challenge this decision in the court and fight a legal battle.
Questions on administrative system and big challenges of future
This entire incident has put a big question mark on Jharkhand’s administrative system and decision-making ability. When there is sudden large-scale exit of experienced and selected youth from the government departments of the state, it will definitely have an adverse impact on the speed and efficiency of administrative work. On one hand, the government is claiming that it wants to provide a transparent and corruption-free system to the youth, while on the other hand, such decisions are raising doubts on both the policy and intentions of the government. This crisis may prove to be more challenging for the government in the coming days, because on one side there are agitating students demanding justice and on the other side there are employed youth who have come out on the streets to protect their rights and future. The government is now faced with a huge challenge to find a concrete and equitable way to deal with this complex situation.