Arunachal CM reiterates strict action against those indulging in corruption

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Saturday reiterated that strict action will be taken against those found indulging in corrupt practices, even as he voiced  concern on presence of ‘few individual employees’ who get lured away by easy money.
The Chief Minister was addressing the newly-recruited government employees after distributing appointment letters to 144 new recruits of Group C and D posts in various departments of the state government selected through Combined Graduate Level Examination (CGLE) and Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination (CHSLE) conducted by the Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board (APSSB).
“First the APSSB fiasco, then the APPSC (Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission) paper leakage scam and the recent illegal appointments in education department. From day one, we have been taking strict against those found indulging in corrupt practices.So many have been jailed, lost their jobs and disgraced for life. I don’t know how anybody can still have the guts to do corruption. Just for a few individuals, the entire fraternity of government employees and the government have to face the flake,” the Chief Minister said.
Khandu hailed also the newly-recruited government employees for getting employed purely on merit, with hard work and dedication without any fear and favour.“Now that you are government employees, coming through a transparent and fair recruitment process, you have the responsibility to continue the trend of honesty, transparency and honesty in discharging your duties,” he said.
Touching upon APSSB, an initiative close to his heart, Khandu said that while serving as Tourism Minister he felt the need to recruit all Group C and D posts in a fair and transparent manner based on merit.
Earlier, all such posts used to be filled up in-house by departments concerned posing a question on the merit of those selected.“Formation of APSSB could have been done through a simple Cabinet decision and a subsequent Notification. But I made it a legislation and passed it through the Assembly so that no one in the future could tinker with it easily,” the Chief Minister revealed.
The APSSB was established through an act in the year 2017. The ISO 9001-2015 certified body has till date selected 1577 employees through 21 examinations of various categories.
With government employees getting selected only on merit (through APSSB and APPSC), Khandu said that in next five to six years, the state government will have such an efficient work-force that can achieve wonders for the state in terms of development, revenue generation and governance.