Kannadigas Tear Off Hall-Tickets Of AP Students Appearing For IBPS, RRB Exams 

9 Sep, 2017 15:16 IST|Sakshi
Tension-like situation prevailed at exam centres here in the city when aspirants of Regional Rural Banks (RRB) and Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) belonging to Andhra Pradesh were attacked by locals on Saturday.

Bengaluru: Tension-like situation prevailed at exam centres here in the city when aspirants of Regional Rural Banks (RRB) and Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) belonging to Andhra Pradesh were attacked by locals on Saturday.

Members of various student organisations of Karnataka obstructed the AP students from appearing for the exam. Some of them also tore off the hall-tickets of candidates from Andhra Pradesh. Agitators also staged demonstrations at Hubli and Bengaluru railway stations demanding that the native people should be given priority for examinations and recruitment.

Karnataka police takes a protester into their custody. 

On Friday, a delegation led by the Kannada Development Authority called on the Union Finance Ministry to immediately modify the eligibility norm for RRB recruitment to give preference to locals with command over regional language for better service.

The demand comes amid growing unemployment in the state where local people are not getting adequate representation in Grade C and D jobs of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs). People from other states are getting selected due to recent changes made in the eligibility conditions with regard to language proficiency.

As per the earlier condition, a candidate who studied in local language up to Class 10th or graduation was considered for ensuring language proficiency. However, this norm was changed in July this year to Class 8th and six months were given to acquire proficiency in local language after recruitment.

Members of student organisations shout slogans at the exam centre on Saturday.

In a meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Kannada Development Authority (KDA) Chairman S G Siddaramaiah demanded that the local language be made compulsory for recruitment of staff in RRBs and restore the previous eligibility criteria with regard to language proficiency. The recruitment exams for RRBs are being held only in Hindi and English, eliminating job opportunity for local people residing in a state.

"Due to the new language proficiency norms, only 300 Kannadigas out of 7,000 who appeared last year were selected. This year, 9,000 candidates are going to appear, but the existing jobs will again go to outsiders," he told reporters after the meeting.

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