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Indian Express
12 hours ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Haryana BJP govt faces firestorm as it scraps hiring of 8,600 jobs, Cong cries ‘voter betrayal'
Unemployment has continued to be a key issue in Haryana politics. In August 2024, two months before the Haryana Assembly polls, the BJP-led government announced direct recruitment for 5,666 posts in police force, one of the most sought-after government jobs in the state. At the same time, 3,053 Group C posts were also advertised, even as the recruitment process for 25,000 contractual posts across departments was also started. In October 2024, the BJP created history in Haryana by winning 48 of the 90 Assembly seats and forming the government for the third consecutive time. Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, fulfilling a pre-poll promise, took oath after the 25,000 selected candidates for contractual posts were issued appointment letters. Last week, however, about 10 months after the BJP's return to power, the Saini government cancelled the recruitment for 5,666 regular posts in the police and 3,053 Group C posts. While the government has defended this move, saying that the cancellations were done for 'bringing in more transparency and ensuring systematic recruitment', the Opposition is now up in arms against the BJP, accusing it of 'misleading and cheating the youth in the name of votes'. The Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC), which oversees recruitments in the state, cancelled it for both the police and Group C posts. The HSSC says all these posts will be announced after the Common Eligibility Test (CET), which is expected to be held in July. The candidates who successfully clear this test and figure in the merit list are considered eligible for Group C and Group D posts in government departments. The Saini government's flip-flop on the recruitment issue has given ammunition to the Opposition parties to attack the BJP, with the principal Opposition Congress calling it a 'betrayal of voters'. Senior Congress leader and ex-CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda said, 'It was as such a poll gimmick played by the BJP before October 2024 Assembly elections. A few days before the Election Commission issued the notification, the BJP announced these government jobs to get more votes. They got it and won. Since then, they did not fill these posts and have now cancelled the same. The youth of Haryana have understood the BJP's strategies and will give them a befitting reply.' Hooda also alleged that 'Not even a single promise that the BJP made in its manifesto has been fulfilled so far. What's happening in Hisar? Youth are being lathi-charged for raising the legitimate demand not to slash their scholarships. It is a completely non-performing government.' He was referring to an agitation by the students of Chaudhary Charan Singh Agricultural University in Hisar on June 10. The All India Congress Committee (AICC)'s general secretary and MP Randeep Surjewala said, 'There's a saying that all the people cannot be fooled all the time. But, it seems that Nayab Singh Saini had made this saying seem untrue. Over 8,500 posts that were advertised before the October 2024 Assembly polls have now been cancelled. The Saini government is misleading the youth.' Referring to the Punjab and Haryana High Court's decision to quash a 2019 state government notification that gave 10 additional marks on the basis of socio-economic criteria for Group B and C posts, Surjewala said, 'Over 13.5 lakh youth have enrolled for the CET. In the last five years, only one CET exam was conducted. The Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed the result for that examination due to discrepancies. They fooled the youth that the socio-economic criteria's additional marks shall be given… The CM now says he will challenge it in a higher court.' He also said, 'About 50,000 contractual employees were recruited before 2024 Assembly polls through the Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam. Of these, now 4,000 have been thrown out. The fate of the remaining is also uncertain.' Surjewala added, 'Why is the government cancelling these recruitments? If the government was not serious in making these recruitments, why did they announce it in the first place? These BJP ministers and MLAs need to be asked these questions. Otherwise, the BJP will again advertise posts ahead of the next elections and then cancel it after the polls.' HSSC chairman Himmat Singh, however, in an X post, said that the date for the CET shall be announced soon and applicants should continue their preparations for it. He added that with 13.48 lakh youth enrolled for the CET, all the recruitments for Group C and D posts will now be held after the CET's results.
Daily Maverick
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Maverick
Pulling State Capture out of Ass and reclaiming it for Sass as politics and plagiarism collide
I feared we'd lose Faith Muthambi forever a couple of seasons ago. Please Sass writers, we need to hear more from this queen. Perhaps a spinoff show? A reality show? The Real House Ministers of the National Assembly? Dear writers of the South Africa Sh*t Show. Thank you so much for reading my monthly reviews of the South Africa Sh*t Show (Sass) and taking my constructive feedback into consideration. When I last wrote about Sass, back in April, it was an open letter to my editor, to submit my notice of resignation over her refusal to investigate the writers of the America Sh*t Show (Ass) for intellectual property theft, specifically their plagiarism of Sass's most original storyline, State Capture. Upon receiving my notice of resignation, she immediately wished me well on my future endeavours, clearly demonstrating a lack of gratitude for my great contribution to culture as our country's all-time greatest non-award-winning film critic. I've since decided to retract the resignation, for your sake of course. As I informed my editor in my resignation retraction email, I'll let her off the hook this time, but she is to consider my now-retracted resignation letter as the first written warning from me; one or five more strikes and that's it, I will resign! But for now, I must humbly accept the tough reality that the local film industry needs me, as demonstrated by the changes you've made since my open letter of resignation was published. It is clear that you realised the gravity of the intellectual property theft that Trump's Ass engaged in by plagiarizing the State Capture storyline. When I read that you'd brought back 'Gupta-era minister Lynne Brown' to help the ANC with its Western Cape strategy, I knew you were pulling State Capture out of that Ass and bringing it back home where it belongs. With Brown's return the show, almost all the 'Gupta ministers' are back in play. Bravo!!! Her fellow Gupta ministers, Faith Muthambi and Malusi Gigaba, have long returned to Parliament as ANC MPs. We still await former mines minister Mosebenzi Zwane's return, but hopefully it won't be much longer now, Sass always delivers. I feared we'd lose Faith Muthambi forever a couple of seasons ago when the Zondo Commission found that 'she had abused her powers in a number of instances. In these circumstances, the finding to make is that Ms Muthambi had unlawfully (shared) that confidential information with the Guptas and their associates. It was quite clear that she was doing so in order to talk to their friend, (then) President Zuma, to ensure that she had certain powers as Minister of Communications.' The Thloloe Commission on the other hand, came to the 'conclusion that Muthambi had abused her power to influence news coverage by the SABC'. Then of course there was that Sunday Times report about the R300,000 of public funds she spent on, among other things, flying 30 friends and family to her Budget speech. A little more than a year later, circa 2019, she ranked a lowly 79th on the ANC National Party List. Thankfully, the ANC has given her a few more government gigs since then, and even rewarded her with an appointment as a member of the ANC's influential National Disciplinary Committee. After taking a much needed 18-month sabbatical, in May last year she returned to her seat in the National Assembly, and is now ranked 38th on the ANC National Party List. What a legend!!! Please Sass writers, we need to hear more from this queen. Perhaps a spinoff show with the freshly returned Lynne Brown? A reality show? The Real House Ministers of the National Assembly? An upcoming film reviewer and ardent fan of Sass, Ferial Haffajee, recently made a good observation on these very pages: 'Brown was at the heart of the State Capture project as she enabled the Gupta network at Eskom, Transnet and Denel by using her position as the minister of public enterprises to influence board appointments at various state-owned companies, the commission of inquiry into State Capture found.' When Sassy met Assy in the Oval While I had my doubts about the recent 'Sass and Ass in the Oval' crossover special episode, I couldn't deny the brilliance of the Sass writers in that moment. Maestro Malema's rendition of a South African classic, beamed on screens worldwide; a truly outstanding and nuanced portrayal of the bittersweet taste of success. Here be Malema finally on top of the world, his name uttered by presidents and top golfers alike. Yet, as viewers we knew that this moment that he had long dreamt of reached him at his loneliest, abandoned by comrades, his face deserted by collagen. Is that not a perfect metaphor for life itself, that the moments we dream of and work towards never come in the neatly nationalised package we imagined. So much to think about. Still, another moment just as bittersweet: seated there in the Ass Oval opposite Trump was that dear John character; at the apotheosis of his career, finally a member of the ruling class; a moment beamed on screens all over the world. Alas, his president would soon reveal his role as little more than window-dressing to demonstrate to the world the country's ongoing commitment to its White Economic Empowerment programme (WEE). No sooner had he made peace with his role as a token, his aptitude for governance was questioned live in front of the world by the country's CEO, one very snitchy Mr Rupert. 'Mr Steenhuisen won't admit that he runs the Western Cape where I live, and the biggest murder rate is in the Cape Flats,' CEO Rupert snitched to literally millions of people. Why are CEOs always the biggest snitches?!? Meanwhile, as the maestro and the WEE beneficiary embraced these bittersweet moments in the global spotlight, one Ms Zille watched and wondered when her 'one moment in time, when I'm all that I thought I could be' — as the late great Whitney Houston sang — would come to fruition. She knew deep within her heart that it should be her up there on those screens, not some token. Never one to give up on a dream, be it trying out drag or Comedy Central roasts, she continues to pursue her 'one moment in time'. Rumour has it you guys might have a Joburg mayorship storyline lined up for her. Please give the poor thing her happy ending already, give her her moment, let her have that mayorship and let everything work out. Let her zeal fill every pothole. That said, beyond the return of State Capture, I'm quite captivated by this moving exploration of themes of aspiration, desperation and betrayal, as demonstrated by the rise and fall of Maestro Malema, and the insatiable appetite for the limelight that still consumes Septuagenarian Zille. I'm especially touched by the heartbreaking Steenhuisen storyline. While we may not have had the experience of the richest and most powerful men telling the whole world that we're the kind of WEE candidate who's not up to the job, I think many of us can relate to what it feels to always be reminded that nobody thinks you deserve your position in life. With such great writing and performances in the bag, I have no doubt the future of Sass is in safe hands. And that Ass can plagiarise all they want, they can even keep Sass's most crooked export, Mr Musk; but State Capture is surely coming back to its originators, the South Africa Sh*t Show, the Cradle of Crooked Kind. DM
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Yahoo
Liverpool parade incident NOT being treated as terrorism
A 53-year-old man arrested after a car ploughed into a crowd of people during Liverpool's Premier League victory parade is believed to be its driver and the incident is not thought be terrorism, Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims said. The man, said to be 'white British' and from the Liverpool area, was arrested after the incident on Bank Holiday Monday. At a press conference held on Monday night, Ass Chief Con Jenny Sims confirmed the incident was 'not terrorism'. READ MORE: What happened at Liverpool FC title parade - everything we know as police make arrest READ MORE: Police confirm arrest details after Liverpool parade crash The Prime Minister described 'appalling' scenes as witnesses described a people carrier ploughing into crowds of people who had been celebrating in the city centre. The club said they were in contact with the force and would 'continue to offer our full support to the emergency services and local authorities who are dealing with this incident'. Footage of the incident which was circulating online on Monday, May 26, appeared to show the vehicle speed up as it veered into pedestrians on both sides of the street, the Press Association reports. Officers surrounded the car very soon after, as witnesses attempted to stop the driver, who was eventually detained by police. Emergency services were quickly at the scene and several casualties were seen being taken away by ambulances. A large police cordon was put in place on Water Street and emergency vehicles could be seen lining the road. Images from the scene show a mass of emergency service vehicles around Water Street and Dale Street.
