Clean recruitment process has political cost: Assam CM

Himanta Biswa Sarma distributed appointment letters to 22,958 youths in 11 departments

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said ensuring clean and transparent recruitment comes with a political cost.

He said he has distributed about 2 lakh appointment letters since starting the “tradition” of clean recruitment in 2011.

“But a transparent recruitment process has a political cost. People around me feel bad if the process is fair. My party and I had to make a lot of sacrifices for clean recruitments although there was no pressure on me for it,” Mr. Sarma said during a function organised to distribute appointment letters to 22,958 youths in 11 departments.

He insisted he “cannot give anything” to people in the Bharatiya Janata Party who “expect something from me” for working for him day and night and helping him win elections.

“The political losses notwithstanding, we are focussed on clean recruitment for Assam’s future. This is because we feel the nation is above the party,” Mr. Sarma said.

He lamented that some of you got jobs as teachers without having to pay any bribes were wasting their time pestering the government for transfer, travel allowance and such.