Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 21: Hunger strike by the all selected warden candidates in jail police of the Prison Department entered 51st day here today.
The shortlisted candidates for jail warden during hunger strike outside Press Club raised slogans against the callous attitude adopted by the Government and the concerned authorities.
Addressing the gathering, one of the protestor Ashwani Kumar demanded release of the final selected candidates, which was pending for the last more than three years due to the reason best known to the concerned authorities.
He informed that about 43000 unemployed youth had applied for the post and 1246 candidates were short-listed for the interview, which was held in the month of September 2010.
He said that the even after more than three years, the final selection list has not yet been released.
“We had taken up this issue with the Chief Minister, Cabinet Minister, concerned officers and senior leaders of opposition parties, but nothing has been done by them”, Kumar alleged.
The protesting candidates urged the Chief Minister to personally intervene in the matter and redress their demand at the earliest.
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