Rules not being followed in HP in filling posts: BJP MP

BJP member Ram Swaroop Sharma today alleged in Lok Sabha that central govt rules are not being followed in filling up of government posts in Himachal Pradesh and asked the Centre to intervene in the matter.
Sharma said some of the states, including Himachal Pradesh are not following the central government's directive of appointing Class 3 and Class 4 categories on the criteria of merit.
"Sir I urge the central government to intervene to correct this situation and direct Himachal and other states to follow Prime Minister's order in this regard," he added.
On December 31, last year, the central government had announced that there won't be interviews for Class-III and IV jobs. Prime Minister Narandra Modi had also appealed to all Chief Ministers to take the same step.

"In a hilly state like Himachal where more than 8,92,988 unemployed are waiting to get government jobs and where the umemplyement list is getting bigger by one lakh each year, people are extremly perturbed," he said.
He said the Himachal Pradesh government comes out with thousands of advertisements for government jobs.
"According to government figures in the last three years around 25,000 posts have been advertised by the government where appointments have not taken place on merit," Sharma said.