Sunday, Dec 10, 2023 00:00 [IST]
Last Update: Sunday, Dec 10, 2023 18:34 [IST]
GANGTOK,: Sikkim BJP Yuva Morcha (BJYM) on Sunday demanded the State
government to complete the inordinately delayed Sikkim Public Service
Commission (SPSC) recruitment exams within February, before code of conduct is
imposed for the 2024 election.
Sikkim
BJYM president Sancho Lepcha, general secretary Pukar Pandey and spokesperson
KN Sharma made this demand during a press meet here.
The
SPCS had started the recruitment process by holding the preliminary exams
earlier this year in January for the 62 posts of under secretaries, DSPs and accounts
officers. Around 8,000 candidates had given the prelims but controversy soon
erupted with allegations of lapses in conduct of exams at certain centres,
erroneous questions and missing answer keys.
After
this controversy, the SPSC notified that all those candidates who appeared for
the prelims would be allowed for the mains examination.
“In
coming February, it will be two years since the SPSC had issued a notification
for the 62 posts. Even today there is no information on when the mains would
take place. Two years are passing by, why has the SPSC not been able to
complete the recruitment process? It is a huge injustice to all the candidates.
This is a major issue for our youth at a time when unemployment rate is very
high in Sikkim,” said Pandey.
The
BJYM demanded that the SPSC must complete the remaining exams and other
recruitment formalities by coming January end. They must declare the results by
February before the code of conduct for 2024 election is enforced, Pandey said.
The
youth front of State BJP also raised the issue of the lack of a government
medical college or medical university in Sikkim. It has been almost 50 years of
democracy in Sikkim but unfortunately there is no government medical college
and medical university in our State, said State BJYM president Sancho Lepcha.
Lepcha
expressed that if the State has its own medical college then it would have
saved crores of rupees annually that is presently being used to sponsor the
Sikkimese students who have received the 50 free MBBS seats in Sikkim Manipal
Institute of Medical Sciences. We could
have enrolled a larger number of Sikkimese students in MBBS seats in our own
State medical college and many more in para-medical studies, he said.
“If
the BJP is elected to power in Sikkim in the coming election, our priority will
be to establish the State’s own medical college and university. We also urge
other political parties to give top consideration to this matter,” said Lepcha.