The cancellation of the preliminary examination for Group 1 companies of the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) after an alleged query paper leak has been fairly “stressful” and “mentally draining” for the aspirants.
Conducted on October 16 final yr, the examination was cancelled as a result of an alleged leak within the assistant engineer’s recruitment examination. On the premise of a report submitted by a particular investigation workforce, three recruitment exams had been cancelled – Group 1 companies preliminary check, assistant govt engineers examination and divisional accounts officer (works) grade II examination.
This has been a matter of misery for individuals who cleared the preliminary examination. Many took to social media to specific their disappointment. They stated their laborious work had been for nothing and so they felt disillusioned.
“It’s very stressful and mentally draining,” stated Sudheera Katta, who resigned from her job at Wipro to organize for the Group I examination, including that she must begin from scratch.
“When I cleared Group I prelims, I was really happy and it gave me a confidence boost. I felt like I had something and if I worked hard for five months, I would be able to clear the mains and get a job. I was working really hard till yesterday (Friday) till I got to know about the exam being cancelled. Nothing came to mind after that, and I have to start from the beginning. What is my fault here? Why am I suffering?” she questioned.
But for some the cancellation is a blessing in disguise. “I feel it’s a blessing for me because although I prepared enough, I found the questions extremely lengthy. Even though I knew the answers, I couldn’t attempt due to lack of time. Now, the prelims feel like a mock exam and I got another chance to write it without wasting the year,” Lakshmi Tejaswitha Donepudi, a classical dancer, advised News18.
But one other aspirant, an 2021 engineering graduate making ready for the examination for the previous two years, stated this was not the primary time this had occurred within the state.
“I don’t have any professional experience. I am really disappointed by the actions of our state government. Due to their negligence, we are facing the consequences. This is not the first time such a thing has happened in our state,” the aspirant stated, requesting anonymity.
The aspirant claimed {that a} lately carried out SCCL examination notification was additionally cancelled after the outcomes, because the vacancies had been “bought by some people”.
“We fought for almost 69 years for a separate state, since the early 1950s, because we were discriminated against in every field. But after getting separate statehood in 2014, genuine aspirants and unemployed youth are still being deceived by the state government because of incompetency,” the aspirant added.
The Group I preliminary check can be carried out once more on June 11. Police arrested 9 individuals for his or her alleged involvement within the paper leak. One TSPSC staffer allegedly stole confidential knowledge and bought it outdoors.
Political slugfest
The TSPSC paper leak has given ammunition to the opposition in Telangana to go hammer and tongs in opposition to the ruling BRS occasion. Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar began a day’s starvation strike on the state occasion headquarters on Friday, demanding that the state authorities order a judicial inquiry by means of a excessive courtroom decide.
He additionally demanded that the state info expertise minister KT Rama Rao needs to be sacked from the cupboard, as his IT division had failed to forestall a query paper leak. He has additionally demanded a whole overhaul of the TSPSC and compensation of Rs 1 lakh every to unemployed youth who had suffered as a result of cancellation of the examination. He and Huzurabad MLA Eatala Rajender and different BJP leaders had been later arrested after they tried laying siege to the TSPSC workplace at Nampally. They had been launched within the night.
Former IPS officer and Telangana BSP president Dr RS Praveen Kumar additionally started a fast-unto-death programme on the occasion workplace on Friday. He additionally met governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan and requested her to facilitate a CBI probe into the case.
The Congress, too, took to the streets in protest and a number of other had been arrested after they marched from Gandhi Bhavan to the TSPSC workplace. Party chief A Revanth Reddy demanded a probe by a sitting decide.
Replying to those allegations, KTR stated the BJP had no ethical proper to lift questions in regards to the leak as there had been related incidents in BJP-ruled states. “The paper leak is not an institutional failure, but individual failure. We will correct our mistakes and ensure they are not repeated,” he stated, after attending a gathering chaired by chief minister Okay Chandrashekhar Rao with ministers and high officers.
The BRS working president additional stated the accused is not going to be spared and the state authorities will take stringent motion in opposition to these concerned within the scandal.
“We will bring reforms to conduct the TSPSC examinations in a transparent and in a foolproof manner. Four examinations were cancelled. The students appearing for the examination don’t have to pay the fee. Candidates who have applied for the exams also don’t have to pay. We will conduct the exams as early as possible after bringing reforms. The candidates who applied earlier are also eligible to appear for the exams. We will make coaching material available online free of cost. We have decided to strengthen the study circles across the state and to open reading rooms round the clock. The district collectors concerned will monitor all of this. We will extend our cooperation to students in a full-fledged manner,” he stated.
(With inputs from Ramana Kumar PV)
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