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In this video, Anchor Preeti Chaudhary brings you a detailed look at two major developments highlighting the political deadlock and administrative challenges impacting governance and public interest across India.
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00:13Good evening, you're watching To The Point. I'm Preeti Chaudhary. These are the headlines.
00:20Amidst deadlock, Home Minister Shah's direct challenge to opposition says ready to give statement but opposition must let parliament run.
00:28Rahul says not interested in Home Minister's lectures demands his resignation.
00:51The government's big foreign funding bill climbed down. FCRA bill sent to JPC amidst ruckus and
00:58Lok Sabha bows to heavy pushback and protest from opposition. Congress Samajwadi party demand
01:04withdrawal of FCRA bill.
01:11Inquiry report against Justice Verma tabled in Lok Sabha. Impeachment motion likely in winter session.
01:17Justice Verma accused of three charges by panel. Conspiracy charge debunked.
01:27Kamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay Mood's anti-delimitation resolution in assembly wants permanent freeze on 543 seats, urges all parties
01:36to pass resolution.
01:42Big blackout looms at Raji protest site. After power cut, new generator removed. Power connection cut at students' protest site.
01:51Generators removed under pressure.
02:02After failing the dope test, Air India Phuket to Delhi pilots grilled by Aviation Pro body. Air India 2379 pilot
02:10had tested positive for marijuana.
02:12DGCA asked to re-look dope test framework.
02:23For three weeks now, Parliament has been paralysed by political deadlocks. But beyond the political slugfest, there is another casualty,
02:30and that is parliamentary productivity.
02:32Both houses lost over 144 hours of scheduled business. The government did pass 19 bills, but several saw absolutely no
02:42debate.
02:42The political deadlock may be between the government and the opposition, but the cost is ultimately borne by the taxpayer.
02:48Here's the full report.
03:04For the last three weeks, Parliament has been locked in a political deadlock.
03:08The opposition and Treasury benches have been at loggerheads over a range of issues, with repeated disruptions bringing proceedings to
03:17a near standstill.
03:19At the heart of the standoff is the July 20th police crackdown on protesting students in Delhi.
03:24The opposition has been demanding a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking answers on the police action and allegations
03:32of pellet gun use.
03:34A day before Parliament is set to be adjourned, Sainadine Shah made a fresh attempt to break the deadlock.
03:40The opposition and the opposition has been made of the opposition.
04:08But leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi dismissed the offer.
04:49The opposition has also insisted on a discussion over the alleged Ram Temple donation irregularities, calling the demand non-negotiable.
04:58But while the two sides trade charges, there is another casualty of the deadlock, parliamentary productivity.
05:04Because every hour lost in parliament comes at a cost.
05:10Running parliament for one minute costs 2.5 lakh rupees.
05:14Every hour costs 1.5 crore.
05:17And running parliament for six hours a day costs a whopping 9 crore rupees.
05:22And the numbers from the current session paint a stark picture.
05:27Both houses were scheduled to function for 96 hours each.
05:31But the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha functioned for just 16.7 and 31.2 hours respectively.
05:39That means 79.3 hours were lost in the Lok Sabha and 64.8 hours in the Rajya Sabha.
05:46At a cost of 1.5 crore rupees per hour, as per government data, parliament lost an estimated 216.15
05:55crore rupees between July 20th and August 10th.
06:01And yet, parliament was not complete without legislative business.
06:06The government managed to push through 19 bills during the session.
06:17But the manner of passage has raised questions.
06:20Several bills were passed, with little to no debate.
06:24At one point, seven bills were passed in just 36 minutes.
06:31And perhaps the biggest casualty of the Lok Jam has been question hour.
06:35Almost no question hour took place.
06:41Parliament is not just where political battles are fought.
06:44It is where laws are debated, ministers are questioned, and the government is held accountable.
06:49The deadlock may be between the opposition and the government, but the cost is ultimately being borne by the taxpayer.
06:57Bureau Report, India Today.
07:02So, for every minute the parliament doesn't function, you and I, the taxpayers, pay 2.5 lakh rupees.
07:07Just do the math in the number of hours that have literally gone down the drain.
07:12That's your and my money, the taxpayers' money.
07:14Who is responsible for it?
07:16Let's cut across to our two MPs.
07:18We have Renuka Choudhury, Congress MP, and Leher Singh Seroha, BJP Rajya Sabha MP.
07:23I'd like to cut across to Ms. Renuka Choudhury first.
07:27Ms. Choudhury, the Treasury benches are very clear that it is you, the Congress, and the opposition parties that continue
07:36changing goalposts.
07:37It began with what you wanted, a discussion on NEET.
07:41They agreed to a discussion on NEET.
07:43You changed the goalposts, and you said that you wanted the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan, the education minister then.
07:49The government tendered in the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan.
07:52You changed the goalposts again.
07:54And now, once again, when the government has agreed, in terms of the home minister has agreed to give a
08:01statement and to discuss the crackdown by the police on the students,
08:06you've suddenly changed goalposts again where you say you want now a discussion on Ram Mandir and the Chandachori.
08:19No, so who says that we are not to discuss any of these subjects?
08:24These are current events that have seized the people and their thought processes.
08:30Across India, citizens are sitting up and questioning.
08:33There has been a breach of faith in the average citizen, the Hindu population, who actually save their small, tiny
08:45savings and go to the temple in the full belief system
08:48that what they are giving in the name of God is actually going to help them in their day-to
08:54-day life.
08:55It has been a huge violation of trust and we are not to reflect on that.
09:00We don't have to speak on that.
09:02We are not here in parliament.
09:04And I'm sorry, I was just listening to your earlier discourse on politics and how many seconds and minutes it
09:11takes
09:12and how many crores it costs for the parliament to function.
09:15Parliament is not about money and mathematics.
09:20Parliament is about, by the people, for the people, of the people.
09:26We come to parliament elected and we represent the Council of States to ensure that what the common man thinks
09:36and this is not our monkey baths that we talk about.
09:41We talk about, we have to come there to resonate what the citizen asks on the street.
09:48The mistake this government has made, sitting in governance, in the arrogance, has been that,
09:55oh, we are ready to talk.
09:57When were you ready?
09:58How long, how many days did it take?
10:00A minimum of 50 days before you made the Darminder Pradhan resign.
10:05Are you willing to discuss how many ministers have changed in the education ministry?
10:10How many secretaries have changed in the education ministry?
10:13How many schools have shut down across the country?
10:16How much you want to take in, you want to make money on everyone else?
10:22It doesn't work like that.
10:24The mistake when you say you come to parliament because you are supposed to,
10:27we are not performing monkeys.
10:29We are here.
10:31We do take the opportunities to raise the issues.
10:35Have you seen how many have been sanctioned in the Raj Sabha for the Congress party?
10:39Less than 5%.
10:41Our zero-hour submissions, our questions, mysteriously, the ballot works like the election commission,
10:48where you don't even get a chance to talk.
10:52We are not allowed to represent.
10:54We are people's representatives.
10:58Mr. Agri, you call yourself...
11:00Let's go back to the fundamentals of this principle.
11:01Fair point.
11:01But you call yourself the people's representatives.
11:04You call the parliament of the people, for the people, by the people.
11:07But it is, madam, the money of the people as well.
11:10So, isn't it a tad bit arrogant to say, so what if money is getting used in?
11:14No, you know, somebody who is watching, you know, this broadcast will say that at least agree to disagree.
11:20No, no, no.
11:20Ah, money...
11:21Debate.
11:22You are not even agreeing to disagree.
11:27No, no, no.
11:28There is no one listening to what we are saying, whether we agree or disagree.
11:31No one is listening.
11:32We have said you come to parliament and these are the issues that need to be discussed.
11:37Does every point have to be beaten to death before they respond?
11:42What is the response time of this government?
11:45If they were actually serious about doing and they're passing bills in that chaos,
11:50they're happy that they have the arrogance to sit in a chair and conduct, not turning, only eyes right.
11:56You won't even look left to see what the chairman is saying, what the leader of opposition is saying.
12:04I mean, that is amazing arrogance.
12:07And this has been the downfall of many governances across the globe.
12:13You cannot do this when the nation is seized by matters.
12:18There has been a building up of frustration amongst the citizens.
12:22They are paying hard money.
12:23You demonetized their rupee.
12:25You took away their rights.
12:27The families who are going to banks and going to private money lenders to beg, borrow and steal,
12:32to pay the EMIs with which they have sent their children abroad to study.
12:37No one is addressing that.
12:39There's unemployment.
12:40And you have misused every institution in this country where there is now the common citizen is terrified.
12:48He doesn't know where to go.
12:50He doesn't know who to approach for solving his solutions.
12:54You're reading newspapers where you wake up to see entire families killing themselves because there's no other recourse.
13:02We're not ashamed as a nation.
13:04But, you know, Ms. Chaudhuri, allow me, you know, fair point.
13:08There is unemployment which is at epic level.
13:12Fair point.
13:13You're raising, you know, great points.
13:15But this is also on a prime time show, not in Parliament.
13:19Let me draw your attention back to the Parliament.
13:21The questions that need to be asked of the Treasury benches will be asked of the government as well.
13:26But there's a certain amount of responsibility that the opposition also needs to bear on the functioning of the Parliament.
13:31All of this, with what you're pointing out, needs to be discussed on the floor of the House.
13:35Let me go back to the question I asked you, ma'am.
13:37How is it that the opposition this time, the Congress primarily, has changed goalposts?
13:42And I will give you a chronology of that.
13:44The opposition says that we want a debate in Parliament on paper leaks and neat paper leaks.
13:50The government stalled and stalled and stalled.
13:52The government finally agreed to having a discussion on neat paper leaks.
13:56The Congress turns around and says, no, that won't cut it.
13:59We want the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan.
14:01Only then will we allow Parliament to function.
14:03That resignation comes, ma'am.
14:05Right after that, the demand of the opposition turns to a statement by the Home Minister on the floor of
14:13the Parliament.
14:13Not just his resignation, you asked for that as well, but a statement.
14:17The government stalls.
14:18Finally, the government agrees.
14:20When the Home Minister says, okay, I will discuss, I will debate.
14:22Let's start today 3 p.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow.
14:24You once again change goalposts and you say, no, we want to now discuss Ram Mandir and the Ram Mandir
14:30Chanda Chore.
14:31So, therefore, how are you open to discussion is the question, ma'am.
14:38The point is now, first of all, you have to now start looking at the world, how it is.
14:45It's out of the box.
14:46So, these tried and tested methods that, oh, after 50 days of violence on the streets where children were beaten
14:56up by the police, brutally.
14:58I mean, it's epic what happened.
15:02You've smashed them.
15:04And then what was the word put out by the police, by the government?
15:08Oh, the police were injured.
15:09Of course, the police were injured.
15:11We're sorry for that.
15:12I wouldn't want a man in uniform to be injured.
15:15But the fact is, they trained.
15:16They trained and they were armed.
15:18They are trained and they know that it's part of their risk profile when they enter these services.
15:24My soldiers get injured every day on the borders of this country.
15:27Has anyone moaned for them?
15:30And so, you see, the police said, you didn't speak the truth.
15:34The mistake this government made constantly was trying to brainwash.
15:39The prime minister suddenly wakes up and realizes this is the glory of Instagram because these trolls, who they pay
15:45every hour, have failed miserably to put out the discontent of the government.
15:51They couldn't contain this.
15:53This is by the people.
15:55Children were on the streets.
15:57I reacted as a mother.
15:59I was horrified that I'm hearing firing going on outside.
16:04The home minister says, let's discuss it.
16:06What's stopping the Congress from coming to the parliament to discuss it?
16:09I'm sorry.
16:11This is if the home minister is not summoned to parliament to answer that, who gave the orders to the
16:17police?
16:18Not only have you done a disservice to the children and parents like me who were anxious about our children,
16:24but also to the uniform of the police man.
16:27Home minister is saying, let's discuss it.
16:29Home minister is saying, let's discuss it.
16:29I will.
16:29I will take to the parliament to discuss this.
16:32But he's saying, let's discuss it.
16:34Tell them to discuss it at the last package.
16:35Tell them to extend the session.
16:37Let them extend the session.
16:39We'll all sit and discuss it.
16:41But they had to be brought to the floor.
16:43They had to be held accountable.
16:45This matter had to raise in parliament and resonate.
16:49Fair point.
16:50You think we're going to sit there and talk about FCRI and the bills and it's costing so much.
16:55The meter is on.
16:57Ms. Choudhury, correct me.
16:57But people can die on the streets.
16:59It doesn't happen.
17:00Ms. Choudhury, correct me if I'm wrong.
17:02But did not the home minister say that let's stop the discussion on this 3 p.m. today, which is
17:06today.
17:07And we continue to 3 p.m. tomorrow.
17:08And I will give a statement on the floor of the house.
17:10When?
17:11Today.
17:11Today.
17:12Today.
17:12There is a chronology of events.
17:16So today.
17:17Tomorrow is the last day of parliament.
17:19So he's decided to wake up and come today.
17:21Wow.
17:23And then when do we get a chance to raise the issue about the Chandachori?
17:27Hindu shrines.
17:29This great Hindutva government have been robbed systematically.
17:36I mean, imagine the crime.
17:38The wonderful way they've done it.
17:39Ms. Choudhury, you have a very strong point.
17:40But the fact was you wanted a debate.
17:43The silver and gold ornaments donated.
17:45But Ms. Choudhury, you have a very strong point.
17:46You wanted a debate.
17:47So fine.
17:48We brought them to the book.
17:49We held them accountable.
17:51We brought them to the book.
17:53Now let them extend the session.
17:54We'll sit and talk.
17:56Come on.
17:56But then.
17:57Do it.
17:57But ma'am, the fact is, when the government says, you wanted the home minister.
18:03But Ms. Choudhury, I'll ask that question again.
18:06One minute.
18:07How long?
18:07How many days did it take?
18:09You are not asking the government.
18:12I will.
18:12Right after you.
18:13I have a.
18:14I have a.
18:14I have a.
18:14Why couldn't they bring their minister and their.
18:17Renuka Choudhury ji.
18:18You know me better, ma'am.
18:19Right after you.
18:20I have a Rajya Sabha MP from the BJP.
18:22I'm going to ask him all the questions.
18:24But that doesn't matter that I don't.
18:26I will ask you this question.
18:28The home ministers agreed.
18:29The home ministers agreed to answer.
18:31Yeah.
18:31But you didn't want to hold that debate today.
18:33You should have.
18:34You should have gone ahead and said.
18:35That let's hold that debate.
18:36Extend the session.
18:36And then you should have demanded.
18:38No, we never said we didn't want to.
18:39We never said we didn't want to.
18:40We are saying please include.
18:43We never said we didn't want to.
18:45What?
18:45Maybe we are not communicating properly.
18:47But we are saying.
18:49Please include the Chanda Choudhury scam too.
18:53That is what we are saying.
18:55Please be inclusive.
18:56Bring in all these subjects which are hurting the country.
19:01And the citizens.
19:02And we can't go home.
19:04Look, I've been a Lok Sabha member.
19:06I've been a municipal corporator.
19:08So whether I'm in Raj Sabha or elsewhere.
19:10I'm still a very grounded person.
19:12Working with the citizen in the country.
19:14I can't go back tomorrow to Hyderabad.
19:17And say, okay, we didn't say it in the parliament.
19:20So we didn't accept it.
19:22And we passed these bills.
19:23What is the matter?
19:24All right.
19:25So basically, net net.
19:27I'm going to say, but Madam.
19:31Ms. Choudhury, they are going to say.
19:32We are going to talk on any subject.
19:34But let the government say that they're willing to discuss all these subjects.
19:39These are not Congress Party subjects.
19:42These are the nation.
19:43This is the country.
19:45These are the citizens by the people, for the people, of the people.
19:50Also, again, I'll say it.
19:51It's the people's money.
19:52And then, you know, let's know.
19:54Okay, fine.
19:55You don't want to.
19:55We agree to disagree on this one.
19:57But so, what we can agree on, Renuka Choudhury Ji, is that this session is a washout.
20:02People's money.
20:03By the way, Padmejabh, the people's money.
20:05Ma'am, Preeti, Preeti.
20:06No, no.
20:06The people's money is also in the bridges that have collapsed.
20:10People's money are in the roads that are caving in.
20:13People's money are in the temples that are being robbed.
20:16Fair point.
20:17Fair point.
20:18But we raise them one by one.
20:19Please don't narrow the vision like this.
20:21We are not wearing blinkers.
20:23Open them and see the world for what it is.
20:25Ma'am, our blinkers are open.
20:27Where schools have been closed.
20:29Where children are still stunted.
20:30But ma'am, Parliament, you know that better.
20:32Parliament follows.
20:34There are rules.
20:35There are regulations.
20:36You asked for debate.
20:37You got that debate.
20:38Then you said include this.
20:39Nobody is saying don't discuss it.
20:41But discuss this.
20:42And then you ask for chandachori discussion.
20:44You are oversimplifying the whole issue.
20:46You are oversimplifying.
20:48Okay, after 10 days or 15 days of us beating our chest in Parliament.
20:52And more and more oppressive, this thing to contain us.
20:57You can't bring a banner.
20:59You can't bring a poster.
21:00You can't do this.
21:00You can't do that.
21:01It's always can't, can't, can't.
21:04So after all that, after beating our chest for 10 days, 50 days.
21:09The government says, okay, now we are ready to discuss.
21:12And we should all fall into line.
21:15What do we go out and tell them?
21:16The thing is clear, you are not falling into line.
21:18There's hardly.
21:20Right.
21:21But there's only one day left.
21:23So I can, I think, safely say.
21:24No, we are not going to fall into line to suit the government.
21:26I am sorry.
21:27So fair point, it's a washout.
21:28We are towing the line of what has been drawn by the citizens.
21:31So fair point, it's a washout.
21:33And I said, symbolically, the monsoon, yet another monsoon session is going to be a washout.
21:38But thank you for joining us and putting your point forward.
21:41Thank you, Ms. Chaudhry.
21:43That the Nino will be kinder and that we will have rains and that my farmers will have the water
21:49and the food and the country will have the food that has to be supplied by the farmers.
21:53Ma'am, on the other side, Lahar Singh Seroja, BJP Rajasabha MP is waiting.
21:58Is there a question you have for him?
22:00And I'll take it there.
22:02Ma'am, I'm going to let you go.
22:03I'm going to welcome Lahar Singh Seroja.
22:05He's the BJP Rajasabha MP.
22:07I'm a poor chap.
22:08I don't know who.
22:11All right, sir.
22:12So welcome on the show.
22:14Thank you for your patience and joining us.
22:17But Lahar Singh Seroja, the question is very clear.
22:20You know, it is the responsibility of the opposition that the House runs.
22:24But more so, it is the responsibility of the Treasury benches that the House runs.
22:28And what is really happening is a collective failure of both to make the House run.
22:33And that is the taxpayers' money going down the drain, sir.
23:07The government is going to do agency and is really doing it day and night.
23:10And when the question is the truth, you can't go to the road, to the park, to the park.
23:15You can't go to the parliament.
23:18Oar Singh Seroja, I mean, you have to encourage your concern.
23:22You have to join us because you have responded further.
23:32I don't know.
23:56the rules and regulations in the procedure, which can be asked for short term discussion
24:00and so on.
24:02But I would like to remember that I have been in the parliament, in the first time in the
24:09parliament.
24:10I have seen them in the four years, and I have seen them in the case of the E.D.
24:13I have noticed that they had a notice in the National Herald case, and they have been
24:19in the house for 15-20 years, and they have been in the name of Adani, and they have been
24:36to be with local local local countries, and that the rest of its borders, they have to
24:39So I will be aware that those are too strict, but I will be aware that they will make the
24:48government and these are too strict, and it's also very Spanish.
24:51And if you are going to be watching this again, it's very big for the beginning of the
24:57foreign
25:25foreign
25:49Thank you very much.
26:25Thank you very much.
26:54Thank you very much.
32:31All young men and women prepare for these sports often for years, and for those waiting
32:36against an age limit, every year matters.
33:01There are no options, everything is blank, and what I will tell you is that JPSC, JSSC,
33:08all of them are sold out.
33:09There is a small post here that is sold out.
33:13So how do we believe that?
33:15We are the only ones here.
33:17If we go to any other state, there is no value.
33:21We are all skilled.
33:23If we get a small amount, we will not survive.
33:27We are the people and we are the ones.
33:29We hope that we are staying in this state.
33:32There are no exams in this state.
33:34There is no vacancy in this state.
33:36No vacancy has come.
33:37Yes, ma'am.
33:38You did not get an exam in the 19th century?
33:41They did not get an exam.
33:43You have not been waiting for the exam.
33:44No vacancy has come.
33:46Not yet, ma'am.
33:47You understand that it is due to 30 years,
33:5121-30 years ago.
33:52It is a general category.
33:54In OBC, there is no relaxation to 2-3 years.
34:12Thank you very much.
34:35The vacancies that candidates wait for are often the difference between staying in the race and being pushed out of
34:40it.
34:43Take the forest ranger officer recruitment.
34:46Exam was held for 170 posts, but candidates allege that few candidates were made to memorize question papers in hotels.
35:22a paper is written in a private agency in a private room in a hotel or computer.
35:32Where is the rule?
35:33When students write the names, the names are written in a strong room.
35:39The names are written in a strong room.
35:41The names are written in a private agency in a computer laptop.
35:51The names are written in a private agency and the names are written in a private agency.
36:03And there are more examples.
36:08843 LDC vacancies were announced.
36:10Applications they invited four times.
36:12The vacancy was later withdrawn.
36:16408 stenographer vacancies were announced and the applications are accepted for two years,
36:21only for the vacancy to be later withdrawn.
36:24There is a fair amount of anger.
36:26Where have you come from?
36:28Bucaro, charge.
36:29Bucaro has come from here.
36:31Why have you come from here?
36:32Actually, the matter is my JPSC and JSC.
36:35But our personal matter is the stenographer related.
36:39The vacancy was in 2022.
36:42It was now in 2026.
36:44It has not been completed.
37:13The vacancy is not completed.
37:14I want to tell you that a steno grapher is made for 5-6 years, when he writes a short
37:20hand.
37:21Short hand is a skill.
37:23Short hand is a skill after writing a Hindi typing.
37:26We also have a JSAC exam.
37:29Yes, yes, yes.
37:31We want to tell you that if you take the exam, then repeat it, repeat it, repeat it, repeat it.
37:45And even when an examination is finally held, the ordeal may not end there.
37:52For instance, let's look at the JSAC Junior Engineer Recruitment exam.
37:56An exam that has been held only thrice in the last 17 years and with the last one being cancelled
38:01due to a paper leak.
38:05What is your name?
38:06My name is Vikram Kumar.
38:07I'm from Devgharth.
38:08I'm from Engineering Graduate.
38:09Engineering Graduate.
38:10Why are you so far away?
38:12The fact is that we all have so much in engineering graduates that we don't get the exam exam.
38:18In the past 26 years, when the JSAC exam was 3 times.
38:22In 2007, 2013 and 2019.
38:24In 2019, we didn't have one exam.
38:26So, we got out of RTIE.
38:28We got out of 549 seats.
38:31We got out of 540 seats.
38:34We got out of 440 seats.
38:35After that, we have, we have to put the proper channels and the other tables on it.
38:38We have to put the urge that our vacancy will be coming.
38:41But we only have to get out of that.
38:43Later, we can see that we go to the hospital.
38:46When we go to the hospital, we go to the DOP and we go to the hospital.
38:49This is the parent department.
38:51Here we go to the hospital.
38:52Here we go to the hospital.
38:54Here we go to the hospital.
38:55And we are going to go to the hospital.
39:0924.
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42:21What emerges from these conversations is a pattern.
42:24The protesters are not only talking about one recruitment body or one examination, they're
42:29talking about a system where vacancies are uncertain, recruitment cycles are unpredictable
42:33and the weight can stretch for years.
42:35And when vacancies do arise, allegations of paper leaks and irregularities add another
42:40layer of frustration.
42:43They are not talking about the virus.
42:45The virus is a system.
42:45Do you understand that after 2,000 or 17, the vaccine has not taken place in a
42:49In 2015, the police has not taken place in a hospital.
42:52In 2017, the family has not taken place in an hospital.
42:55In 2017, the στα molestom is expilation of the hospital.
42:58In 2017, the city has not taken place in a hospital.
42:58In 2017, the government has taken place in the hospital.
43:02The government has taken place in the hospital.
43:05Let us keep the structure in the hospital.
43:19The striking part, the protesters remember it all.
43:22The exam dates, the cancelled recruitments, the withdrawn vacancies, the alleged paper
43:27leaks, the years they spent preparing because for many of them, these are not isolated headlines.
43:33They are years of their lives.
43:40The JPSC-JSSC controversy may have brought Jharkhand's recruitment crisis into the spotlight.
43:46But on the ground, the anger is much bigger.
43:49It is the anger of a generation that has spent years preparing for government jobs, only
43:54to find out that the vacancy itself may never arise.
43:58Vritpreetie Chaudhary, Achutosh Mishra, for India Today.
44:06Cutting across to Achutosh Mishra, my colleague who continues to be in Ranchi.
44:10Achutosh, you know, you've been speaking to officials, you've been speaking to students.
44:14It's over a decade.
44:16Rather, if you actually look back, nearly two decades.
44:1926 years of Jharkhand.
44:21And what the youth have seen is vacancies are announced, but they are never honoured.
44:27And the JSSCGL itself is one of the biggest examples.
44:32That one vacancy that was announced in 2014-2015, and now the vacancy, the full, which has started
44:38eventually with 700 seats, gone up to 1,300, then 1,900, 2,200.
44:42By the end of 2025, then we see what happens.
44:45The people were selected through backdoor.
44:47Then it comes the major scam where you have the, you know, the mega mastermind villain like
44:51Abhay Tiwari.
44:52So all that takes plurals, and remember JSSCGL, the combined graduate examination, that is
44:57one of the mass recruitment programs of Jharkhand government.
45:01Because when it comes to JPSC, the State Public Service Commission, where you hardly get vacancy
45:07for 50 seats, 60 seats in four to five years for the senior official.
45:11But large scale of appointment opportunity only comes to the CGL.
45:14Why we see the students still rigid on and still protesting?
45:17Because 2,200 seats, they have been recruited and there have been irregularities.
45:21Even if there is 30 to 40 percent people have been recruited through backdoor entry, it
45:25is injustice for the thousands of the students.
45:27And hence, they are seeking opportunity.
45:29Let there be cancellation.
45:30Let there be a transparent investigation.
45:32And the biggest dilemma is that if you cancel the examination, what about those 2,200 people
45:36who already are now recruited, who are already working, who have taken EMI, who have taken
45:40loans?
45:41And that also makes a dilemma because that was a challenge to the higher court and Supreme
45:44Court.
45:44There was no relief to them.
45:45How can government roll back that whole examination?
45:47And that's perhaps in the deadlock caught in the crossfire as these innocent, you know,
45:52children who have been preparing over the years, they don't even know.
45:55I mean, there is one example, if I could say, one boy who was preparing for Daruga, the sub-inspector
45:59examination.
46:00And when the date came, he was six days shorter.
46:02He was not eligible.
46:03Now, when he's still waiting for a Daruga vacancy to become a sub-inspector, his age is now
46:10passed.
46:10He hardly has a month.
46:11And after that, he will not be even eligible for that examination.
46:14So this is not just the state of Jharkhand.
46:16If you see these kind of examination irregularities, particularly in the several states of India,
46:23there's a similar story.
46:25And perhaps it was Gen Z.
46:26The Jantar Mantar inspired him to raise their voice.
46:29They raised their voice.
46:31JPSC cancel.
46:31JPSL investigation is underway.
46:33But again, the JSS contention on the JSS CGL continue to be a deadlock between the
46:38two, a protesting student and the government.
46:40Thank you, Ashutosh, for joining us and, you know, giving us all the information there.
46:46We're going to continue to go back to my colleague who's on the ground, still reporting from Jharkhand,
46:51where the protest continues.
46:52But viewers, when you look back, one thing is very, very clear.
46:57Examinations in the state may be delayed, cancelled or reconducted.
47:01But the result of the Jharkhand government's own examination is clear.
47:07Failed.
47:08Failed to protect their future.
47:10Failed to deliver jobs to them.
47:14Failed Jharkhand's youth.
47:16And here is the chronology of this failure.
47:1926,001 assistant teacher vacancies were announced in 2024.
47:25The examination was held, yet the appointment process remains incomplete, even after two years.
47:32The Jharkhand teacher eligibility test for over 2,000 vacancies that was announced.
47:39States invited applicants.
47:41Candidates applied.
47:42Rules were struck down and the process had to start once again.
47:47Then, 5,000 police vacancies were announced in 2023.
47:51All of this after the last exam was conducted in 2019.
47:56But till now, no examination has taken place.
48:00It's 2026.
48:02The last exam was 2019.
48:04There are vacancies, but there is no examination.
48:08Let's talk about the LDC recruitment, the lower division clerk recruitment.
48:138,000 vacancies were announced in the year 2023.
48:18Vacancies announced first time since 2012.
48:22Applicants were invited four times.
48:26But eventually, the vacancy was withdrawn.
48:29What happens to the age, money, preparation and dreams of candidates?
48:33Withdrawn.
48:35Another example.
48:36408 stenographer vacancies were announced in the year 2023.
48:41Applications were accepted for over two years.
48:45Only for the Jharkhand government to withdraw the recruitment.
48:49A vacancy, once again, a promise of opportunity.
48:53But here, a temporary advertisement for the government.
48:57Another example.
48:589,000 trained graduate teacher vacancies announced in 2016.
49:039,000 vacancies announced in 2016 for teacher graduates.
49:08Applications were accepted.
49:09In 2025, the government abolishes the post despite a severe shortage of teachers in the state as accepted by the
49:18government.
49:19Strange.
49:19How can a state simultaneously face a shortage of teachers and then eliminate thousands of teaching posts?
49:26Another example.
49:273,200 vacancies in the Jharkhand Urja Vikas Nigam Limited announced in 2015.
49:34Applications were then taken by the Electricity Board.
49:39But candidates are still waiting for the examination in 2026.
49:43This was vacancies that were announced all the way back in 2015.
49:47The government collected applications.
49:49Students invested their years.
49:5111-year wait.
49:53Think about it, viewers.
49:54It's an entire phase of a young person's life.
49:58His or her youth.
49:59Let me give you another example.
50:01600 vacancies in municipal cooperation announced in 2022.
50:07The municipal cooperation of Jharkhand announced 600 vacancies in 2022.
50:12Examination was hit by a paper leak and had to be reconducted again.
50:18Till now, the date of re-examination not announced.
50:22An examination that was cancelled in 2022 due to paper leak.
50:26Another example.
50:28JSSC Junior Engineer Examination.
50:31Since the conception of the state of Jharkhand 26 years ago in 2000,
50:36only three examinations have taken place for junior engineers for this post.
50:42For an unemployed engineer, cancellation is not just a technical inconvenience.
50:46It now has meant years of preparation thrown away with no examination.
50:52Another example.
50:53600 vacancies announced in 2023 for technical CGL.
50:59The examination eventually takes place in 2026.
51:03Yet candidates are still awaiting results.
51:07Another example.
51:08Jharkhand Eligibility Test 2026.
51:11The question paper fails to reach an examination centre.
51:14Exam cancelled.
51:15No re-announcement of dates.
51:18Massive irregularities reported in PGT recruitment, CDPO recruitment, forest ranger officer examination, nursing recruitment, assistant section officer examination.
51:28All of this is not merely a recruitment crisis in the state.
51:32This is a crisis of the future of Jharkhand.
51:35And who pays the price?
51:36Not the fine, not the department, not the notification.
51:40Not the government of Jharkhand.
51:41It is the student who spends years preparing.
51:45It is the family that spends its savings on coaching.
51:48It is the graduate who waits instead of taking another opportunity because he's hoping to convert another exam, which never
51:56happens.
51:57A vacancy that is announced, which is never delivered.
52:00It is the young person whose age keeps increasing while recruitment keeps getting delayed.
52:06While we must speak about the irregularities in the JPSC and the JSSE, we must also recognise that the rot
52:13runs much deeper.
52:14What we see in Jharkhand is merely a symptom of a rancid compromise system.
52:19A system that has repeatedly failed the young people of the state since its conception in 2000.
52:27And sadly, Jharkhand is not an anomaly.
52:30This is a wider crisis that extends beyond one state, one institution or one government.
52:35There are other states where the same rot has taken root.
52:38And we at India Today will speak about them very soon.
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