Shillong, Aug 19: To put pressure on the state government to eliminate personal interview for government jobs, the Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement (KHNAM) staged a one-day sit-in-demonstration in the city, on Monday.
“Through this protest, we are demanding the state government to do away with the personal interviews for government jobs to the posts falling under Group B, C&D in order to end practice of nepotism and favouritism in the job recruitment process.” KHNAM working president Thomas Passah told reporters at the protest venue at Malki ground.
According to the KHNAM chief, it will encourage job aspirants to compete in different job examinations.
Passah said job recruitment should be based on merits and eliminating personal interview will ensure transparency, adding that the party had written to the state government on several occasions, pointing out that the central government and 23 states have done the same since 2016.
Passah said the majority of the people feel that they can only get a job in different government departments through backdoor recruitments recommended by those in power, no matter how qualified or educated they are.
“The conduct of the personal interview compels people to find out who can help them get the jobs before applying for any posts. This is very unfortunate. That is why we feel if the state government wants to ensure transparency in the job recruitment process, it should welcome and comply with the demand of the party,” he said.
More recently, we have also seen one of the NGOs protesting against alleged corruption in the MPSC, therefore, we need to end corruption by doing away with the personal interview as it will benefit the people of the state to a great extent, he added.
