Ministers have a magical power over all of us. No one is immune. No one will admit it.
Mass failure of 8,000 aspirants for posts of Accountant in the Goa Govt. has elicited many responses. Citing poor education standards in the State to just stopping at blaming the aspirants there have been many responses. Do we seriously believe this?
Failure of ALL 8,000 candidates means something stranger than the kidney ailments in Canacona and we are nonplussed? There must be an investigation. The individual mark sheets must be disclosed and evaluated: not just a summary as has been done. How can we allow ourselves to be fooled so easily? Nothing short of this must be tolerated. People seem to take sadistic pleasure in the elected MLAs’ saying Goans cannot compete with others! We can blame the poor Govt. on people who take cash for votes: what about cash for jobs?
There are candidates who passed the exam the previous year, but were not given jobs. There is an oral part to the test carrying 15 marks that can turn your ranking either upwards or downwards. There are candidates who answered both the previous year and the latest exam. Some cleared the former but not the latter. Candidates say that even if they pass the written exam they need to shell out up to Rs 20L for the job. This is not peanuts. Why no investigative journalism here?
Which Minister says Goans only seek Govt. jobs and cannot compete with other States? Which Minister looks after this department? Has the Minister responsible fallen sick and another hijacking the same?
See the audacity: they can cast aspersions on the calibre of students of the whole State of Goa just to get their pound of flesh. And no one dares to question them. See the control they have over all, that is why they can and do speak anything in the Assembly. They have a power over us, even if we do not want to admit it. We have seen the power of the Ministers in the formalin case. No arrests and blatant fudging of tests. Yet, we can blame poor education for the mass failure but not even doubt the misuse of a Ministers’ power to declare all candidates failed? Don’t doubt, investigate, demand for disclosure of the mark sheets.
