Shillong, April 24: BJP leader Bernard N Marak, who is emerging as a strong contender to Chief Minister Conrad Sangma in 2023 polls, echoed the views of the party regarding the state reservation policy that the reservation of 40 % should be for backward and economically weaker sections of Garo, Khasi and Jaintia communities.
Earlier, BJP MLA AL Hek had raised the issue in the Assembly and said backward people among the tribes should get preference.
Calling the youths of the state to seek reforms in job recruitment policies of the state, Marak said in a statement that it should be a transparent process.
Marak said the BJP will go door to door to make people realise about faulty recruitment system in the state till date.
“Foremost it should be a transparent process, with standards of national level exams. OMR type should be the basis of evaluation. Merit should be the order of selection”, he said.
According to Marak, who is the vice president of the BJP, having a pool of professionals from various fields, ‘the various department selection process leaves us devoid of officers and centrally selected officers are brought in to help manage affairs of our state’.
“Nepotism, favouritism, back door entry and other such malpractices in selection process should be completely banned and made highly punishable legally”, he said.
Marak said serious and committed officers are the need of the hour.
“We need competent staff and officers as nepotism and favouritism- both have resulted in a faulty working mechanism. Files are piled up and important issues are pending due to lack of skilled manpower. If competent work force is not recruited, it will have serious repercussion on the development of the state and its people. If found incompetent, transfer or demotion should make way into their careers”.
Vacancies need to be filled and existing manforce needs to get serious and become highly professional, he said adding that the government should have various skill development initiatives and grooming to upgrade the skill of our youth.
The government should get pro-active and bring in various schemes and investments so as to create more employment, he said.
Lauding the digital India initiative of the prime minister Narendra Modi, Marak said there is a need to adopt a digital process for online form submission, applications, tests, compilation of office records and utilising digital India initiative will create employment, leakage in various departments will be avoided resulting in ensuring greater transparency”, he said.
Financial leaks need to be identified and plugged so that these can be diverted for creation of more jobs and better usage of our resources. Agencies should be formed in various sectors to develop more skilled workforce in the state. Benami is another plaguing issue that needs to be seriously addressed.
The BJP leader urged the youth to take the right path and help define the future roadmap for the state which will bring stability and development.
