Railway job candidates protest torch train in Bihar’s Gaya

The Ministry of Railways on Wednesday announced a high powered committee headed by Deepak Peter, Principal Executive Director (Industrial Relations), Railway Board, to look into the concerns and doubts raised by the candidates.

This action has come a day after the Railway Ministry’s warning. Job seekers found indulging in illegal activities Getting a railway job can lead to a life ban and videos of such activities will be screened with the help of specialized agencies.

According to PTIMarking the third day of unrest in Bihar over alleged discrepancies in tests conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) for NTPC category, a train was torched and demonstrations were held at some stations on Wednesday.

In a press conference, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said, “We are listening to the students… They should not destroy their property… We have followed all the procedures as per the notice… We will take up this issue.” Will handle with sensitivity.” The notice inviting for the exam has legal validity… Now that we have some complaints, we have to find a solution in such a way that the career of those who are shortlisted is not affected , but at the same time, there are complaints. The issues raised by the students are addressed.”

Railways had received around 1.25 crore applications for 3,528 vacancies, out of which 7,05,446 candidates were shortlisted. He also invited students to formally place their grievances over the next three weeks, which would be examined by a committee and then submitted by March 4.

In a statement, it said that the committee will look into the issues raised by the candidates, including the results of the Computer Based Test (CBT) of Phase I of Centralized Employment Notice (CEN) 01/2019 (NTPC) and shortlisting of candidates for Phase II. Includes the methodology used to do this. CBT without affecting the existing shortlisted candidates, introduction of 2nd stage CBT in CEN RRC 01/2019, and give recommendations.