That public statement by Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant that henceforth all selection for Government jobs would be on merit is a clear admission of guilt that over the last ten years merit was never the criteria. Though belated, it is better late than never.
After the BJP in Goa came to power in 2012 we have seen thousands being brazenly recruited into government service with merit thrown to the winds. All this has been reflected in the pathetic functioning of the government offices with very incompetent staff having managed to creep in by paying for their jobs or with the blessings of their political godfathers. We see hordes of these BJP recruits not being able to write a sentence in English. A very anguishing state of affairs where the taxpayers are paying salaries for these political sheep.
Ministers and MLAs should never have had any role whatsoever and all the recruitment of government employees should have been conducted through a very transparent and meticulous process with merit being the sole guiding criteria in the selection of every government employee to any post.
Any political interference and manipulation is unacceptable and unlawful. In fact the law requires that the selection, promotion and transfer of all government employees should be totally insulated from any political machinations whatsoever.
