AURANGABAD: Amid ripples over a Pune-based MPSC candidate Swapnil Lonkar ending his life while waiting for interviews to be held, a group of candidates who have already passed the examination but still not received posting has renewed their demand for offering job letter at the earliest.
The candidates said that no job in hands despite cracking the examination has left them heartbroken. They said that they were facing huge pressure on family and social front due to unemployment.
“It is mental agony to remain jobless despite passing MPSC examinations. While many of us are facing issues in getting married, several others are not able to fulfil responsibilities towards their families,” said Manoj Chavan, one of the affected candidates.
Chavan, who has qualified for the post of deputy education officer, said that the affected candidates have decided to seek permission for mass-suicide.
“The suicide of Lonkar is highly unfortunate but the government perceive this is an indication of unrest and frustration brewing among MPSC candidates who are either waiting for final interviews or waiting for job letter,” said another affected candidate, adding that the pandemic situation has badly affected the search for other jobs as well.
On June 22, TOI carried a report on how a total of 413 candidates qualified for plump posts such as deputy collector and deputy superintendent of police, among other posts of Class I rank, have not received posting in the last one year. Although the state government has kept in abeyance the necessary appointments citing legal issues over Maratha reservation, affected candidates maintain that the Supreme Court has recently delivered a final verdict on such quota.
Local BJP MLA Atul Save said that the ruling MVA government has handled the issue of Maratha reservation in casual manner since beginning, which he said, has its cascading effect on many others.
