Hindus oppose recruitment of constables

BJP to go ahead with 12-hr bandh call today

GUWAHATI, Feb 8—The State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has stuck to its 12-hour bandh call in protest against the alleged irregularities in the process to recruit 5,000 constables. The bandh is to commence from 5 am tomorrow. This is despite the Gauhati High Court asking the State Government to suspend all the appointment orders and certificates issued so far to fill up vacancies against the posts of police constables.

The BJP unit has added a new point to its charter of demands—a CBI enquiry into the entire process of recruitment of police constables.

In a statement here this evening, the State unit of the BJP said that the recruitment orders issued by the State Government to recruit mostly the religious minority candidates as police constables have led to an explosive situation in the State.

The vacancies against the posts are filled up on political, communal and monetary considerations and the entire process needs an enquiry into it by the CBI. The lists prepared by the Government for recruitment should also needs to be scrapped, said the BJP unit.