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FATORDA: In light of FIRs and the suicide of government employee Shridhar Satarkar, who is suspected of being involved in the cash-for-jobs scam, the Goa Forward Party (GFP) has called for the creation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into the alleged “systematic job mafia.”
In order to guarantee the transparent employment of qualified applicants across government agencies, the regional party also demanded that all current recruiting campaigns be put on hold until a comprehensive inquiry is finished.
“For the past two monsoon sessions, I have stood in the Legislative Assembly, repeatedly raising this issue, alleging that government jobs are being sold rather than earned. I warned that Goa’s public recruitment processes are tainted by “cash-for-job” schemes, where employment is auctioned off, overstepping the deserving youth of Goa,” said Vijai Sardesai
“My warnings were dismissed: instead, the government continued to accelerate the hiring processes, ignoring all calls for transparency or investigation. O.ne glaring instance of this negligence is the Lower Division Clerk (LDC) recruitrnent process at the South Goa District Collectorate,” he added
Vijai said that he had formally requested the government to place this interview process on hold and conduct a thorough inquiry into the numerous complaints, and irregularities that had sufaOed.
“Unfortunately, the administration not only failed to act but also proceeded with the recruitment process at double the speed, blatantly disregarding the call for transparency,” he added
Vijai said that a Special lnvestigation Team, dedicated to probing these recruitment scams, must be established without delay. The SIT should comprise professionals from outside the Goa administration to ensure an impartial and thorough investigation.
“This team should have unrestricted access to records, documents, and personne! necessary for uncovering the full extent of this scam,” he added
