We will handle job aspirants’ grievances with utmost sensitivity: Railway Minister

Amidst violent protest of the job aspirants alleging irregularity in railways exams, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, has said that the Ministry will hand the issue and the grievance of the candidates with the utmost sensitivity.

Vaishnaw spoke to DD News on the said issue when the shortlisting criteria of the candidates have led to a violent protest. In the past few days, job aspirants have burnt train coaches and damaged public property.

According to the Ministry of Railway, “Concerns have been raised by some candidates over the process of shortlisting of candidates for the second stage of the ongoing recruitment examination under RRBs Centralised Employment Notice (CEN) No. 01/2019 (for Non-Technical Popular Categories - Graduate and Under-graduate) - results of which were announced on 14.01.2022.”

“The matter will be handled with sensitivity. A high-power committee comprising senior officials to look into these concerns, has already started receiving representations of candidates/aspirants. Senior Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) officials are meeting groups of students and taking their representations. The Minister assured the candidates/students that all their problems will be resolved with utmost sensitivity and they need not get confused/influenced by anyone's words,” Vaishnaw said.

He added, “As an old Railway practice the number of Candidates to be called for NTPC Second Stage Exam was only 10 times the number of approved vacancies. This number of calling 10 times of the number of vacancies was increased to 15 times the number of vacancies in CEN 03/2015 and 20 times the number of vacancies in CEN 1/2019, so that more and more students get a chance to write the exam.”