Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Wednesday claimed that his State Government has successfully cracked the vicious circle of corruption prevailing from top to bottom in previous regimes with the introduction of e-governance.
The people of the State have accepted the present Government as a corruption-free Government, said Manohar lal while addressing the renowned personalities of different walks of life during an intellectual meet in Panchkula near here.
The Chief Minister said though it was a tough task to keep a check on the corruption but after taking the reign of the state, we resolved to root out corruption from all levels and started from our own Ministers and MlAs by administering them pledge that they would not indulge in any corrupt practices.
He said that the State Government has adopted a fair and transparent recruitment system. To reduce the scope of discretion in interview, the marks of interview had been reduced to only 10-12 marks.
Now taking a step further, the State Government has scraped the interview process for recruitment to C and D category of posts, he said.
Maohar lal said that earlier, candidates double the number of vacancies was called for the interview and candidates were given marks on this basis of discretion. But we have not only unearthed this ill business but have also sent eight persons behind bars for their involvement, he added.
While blaming the previous Congress government for playing with the future of lakhs of contractual employees, the Chief Minister said that today, the number of regular employees in the state is almost equal to those employed through outsourcing.
To accommodate their people, the previous government framed the regularization policies as per their whims and fancies which were constitutionally incorrect. As a result of this, the High Court had recently scrapped the regularization policy of 2014, he said.
Contrary to this, the present State Government is making regular appointments through its recruiting agencies namely Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) and Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC), he added.
The Chief Minister further said that the present State Government did not believe in the politics of casetism and is working for the welfare of all sections of the society without any discrimination.
He also exhorted the intelligentsia present on the occasion to apprise the people about the achievement of the Central and State Governments by working with the moto of ‘Know First and Tell Others’ so as to actively contribute in the nations building.
He also asked them to associate themselves with other programmes like Yoga Day, Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao, and Rahagiri.
A mega contact programme has been chalked out on the completion of four years of BJP led Central Government. Under the same series, today’s intellectual meet has been organized, he said.
Manohar lal said that he has so far held one-on-one meeting with several prominent personalities of the society but it is the first occasion when he got an opportunity to meet the intelligentsia on a single platform.
He also assured that all the genuine suggestions given by them would be considered by the State Government.