RRB-NTPC Exam Row | Students Can Submit Grievances Before Panel Till February 16: Railway

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said students can submit their grievances till February 16 to the panel formed over the row in connection to the selection process of its recruitment exams.

New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said students can submit their grievances till February 16 to the panel formed over the row in connection to the selection process of its recruitment exams. This comes hours after Railways decided to suspend its NTPC and Level 1 tests after violent protests by job aspirants over the selection process of its recruitment exams. A committee was formed which will examine the grievances of those who have passed the exams under different railway recruitment boards (RRBs) and those who have failed.

While addressing the issue, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the committee will examine the grievances by the students and submit its recommendations on March 4.

“Students can submit their grievances before the committee till February 16. The committee will examine the grievances and submit its recommendations before March 4,” Ashwini Vaishnaw was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Students can submit their grievances before the committee till February 16. The committee will examine the grievances and submit its recommendations before March 4: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw pic.twitter.com/FFTcwlxIvD

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Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the committee will look into grievances from students across the country.

“All RRB chairmen have been asked to listen to the concerns of students, compile them and send them to the committee. An email address has been set up for this purpose. The committee will go to different parts of the country and listen to grievances,” Vaishnaw said.

He said,”I request students not to take the law into their hands. We will seriously address the grievances and concerns raised by them.”

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s remarks come as the ongoing protest by job aspirants and students turned violent on Wednesday when a large number of agitators set several coaches of New Delhi-bound Shramjeevi Express train on fire in Bihar’s Gaya.

As a large number of protesters were protesting in Patna, Arrah and Buxar, the Rajgir-New Delhi Shramjeevi express train was diverted towards Gaya to go to Deen Dayal Upadhyay (Mugal Sarai) and then further towards New Delhi. A large number of protesters, holding Tricolours assembled on the track in the Patna-Gaya railway section in the morning. When the Shramjeevi Express arrived, they initially pelted stones and then set some coaches on fire.

The agitators said that there was only one examination in the earlier notification in 2019, now RRB has issued a fresh notification as well and given a provision of two examinations. The officials have also been allegedly involved in irregularities with candidates having 50 marks being passed in the examination while many candidates having 80 to 85 marks have failed.

On Tuesday (January 25), the railways had issued a general notice, warning its job aspirants that those found involved in vandalism and unlawful activities while protesting will be barred from ever getting recruited in the railways.

(With inputs from Agencies)