By India Blooms News Service Apr 09, 2023
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has demanded the inclusion of Tamil language in the computer-based recruitment test for the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, media reports said.
He termed the notification mandating only the use of English and Hindi in the test as discriminatory and unilateral, according to an NDTV report.
As per a statement released by the state government on Sunday, out of the total 9,212 vacancies in CRPF, 579 are to be filled from Tamil Nadu, and the exam is scheduled to be held in 12 centres, it said.
The notification by @crpfindia to conduct its CBT only in English Hindi amounts to blatant discrimination denies equality of opportunity to non-hindi speaking states. I urge Hon @AmitShah to immediately revise the notification to include Tamil and other state languages. pic.twitter.com/wVxURL9emz
M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) April 9, 2023
In the letter to Amit Shah, Stalin claimed that the notification, which mandates only the use of English and Hindi, is discriminatory and unilateral.
The Centres notification that the exam can be written in English and Hindi makes the aspirants from Tamil Nadu unable to attempt the test in their mother tongue in their own state, he wrote.
Additionally, 25 out of the 100 marks have been allocated for basic comprehension in Hindi, which would only benefit the Hindi-speaking candidates, he added.
To put it simply, this CRPF notification is against the interests of those applying from Tamil Nadu. This is not only unilateral but amounts to being discriminatory, the letter quoted the Chief Minister as telling Amit Shah, according to the NDTV report.
Stalin said that this would result in candidates being denied the opportunity to get a government job, which goes against their constitutional rights.
MK Stalin urged Amit Shah to intervene immediately and ensure that the recruitment process allows regional languages, including Tamil, to be used in the exam.
He requested that the notification mandating only the use of English and Hindi be amended to enable aspirants from Tamil Nadu to attempt the test in their mother tongue in their own state.