Uddhav faction's plea to ECI: Ban BJP's 'illegal, unethical Rozgar Melas'

A week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the nationwide Rozgar Melas to hand over appointment letters to some 75000 youth the Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray has registered a strong protest with the Election Commission of India ECI here on FridayThe Sena UBT National Spokesperson Kishore Tiwari has filed a petition with the ECI seeking for an urgent ban and a probe into the entire planted Rozgar Melas which he said are illegal and unethical as they violate the All India Services Conduct Rules and other regulationsThe petition contends that the Rozgar Melas were grant events organised for sheer political gains by the BJP at the Centre and contrary to all he civil services army rules BJP banks and other public sector undertakings which took part in the jamboree organised simultaneously all over India sponsored by government fundsIn Maharashtra the Rozgar Melas were spearheaded by Union Ministers Piyush Goyal Mumbai Narayan Rane Pune and Ramdas Athawale Nagpur in the presence of various party leaders on October 22 when 800 youth were given their job letters amid much fanfareAlso read Four Uddhav Thackeray faction MLAs in touch to switch sides claims Narayan RaneAt that time the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders like Congress Atul Londhe NCPs Mahesh Tapase and Sena UBTs Tiwari had slammed the BJP for giving only 75000 jobs against Modis promise in 2014 to create two crore jobs every yearTiwari pointed out that the service rules of all these organisations do not recognise or allow such events for political mileage that too only for the ruling BJP as no representatives of any other political parties were presentBesides violating the services rules and regulations which prohibit such appointment letters being distributed at the hands of a political party member he said it was even unethical as the ECI has already set in motion the poll process for Himachal Pradesh and other states will follow suit soonAny such event with eyes to benefit the ruling party politically is not only illegal but also contrary to several judgements of the Supreme Court and the ECIs own guidelines and Model Code of Conduct for free and fair polls without any inducements to benefit only the ruling party without giving equal opportunity to other recognisesregistered parties Tiwari saidHis petition cites apex court rulings under Article 32 the ECIs directionsorders and how all Centralstate government departments and other public sector undertakings are dutybound to followDespite this Tiwari said all government organisations were compelled to organise the Rozgar Melas spending public funds and violating all rules regulations norms and SC ordersIn the petition Tiwari urged the ECI to immediately ban all future Rozgar Melas adhere to the SC orders and probe who actually authorised such programs at public expense for the politicallymotivated job fairs intended to give an edge to the BJPThe Sena UBT leader added that the manner in which the job events were carried out conveyed an impression that the candidates were getting government jobs not on their own merits but courtesy the BJPThis is ridiculous illegal and immoral What kind of loyalty will these future public servants display toward their official duties or the common people They might only do the bidding of the BJP leaders who allegedly did a favour by giving them government jobs that too after the recruitment processes were completed at least onetwo years ago declared TiwariEarlier he had said that at the rate of 75000 jobs it will take over a century for the BJP to give its promised 2 crore jobs per year in the past almost 9 years and termed the preelection Rozgar Melas as hoax and hogwash for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls while seeking a priority hearing from the ECI for his petitionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever