Assam Chief Minister and Jharkhand BJP state election co-in-charge Himanta Biswa Sarma today targeted Chief Minister Hemant Soren over the death of dozen youths during the ongoing physical examinations for the recruitment of excise constables. Sarma addressing a press conference at the state office said that due to state government lack of preparations to conduct the physical test of excise constables properly many youths are dying.  Sarma said the present government is not giving jobs but is definitely giving deaths.

He said that an advertisement was issued in the year 2023 for the recruitment of police on 583 posts in the Excise Department. If this government wanted, it could have completed the recruitment process by conducting physical tests between October to March in good weather, but the way the physical test was conducted in a hurry today in this humid heat without ensuring the necessary arrangements, 15 youths died during the race. Which includes the names of Pintu Rajak, Mahesh Mahato, Amresh Kumar, Sarvagya Yadav, Ajay Kumar Mahato, Pradeep Kumar, Abhishek Kumar, Sumit Kumar, Mahesh Mehta, Suraj Kumar Verma, Pradeep Kumar Shah, Sumit Yadav, Vikas Linda, Deepak Paswan, Arun Kumar.

He said that all these youths come from poor families. They stayed awake all night to stand in line for the competition race. Some people even ran on empty stomachs.

He said that in such a situation, without making proper arrangements, without getting their medical examination done, the state government forced them to participate in the race. In the greed of job, the youth were forced to run, but they lost their lives. He said that this government is causing the death of youth. He said that this government is linking the death of youth to the disease of Corona and its vaccine.

He said that after Corona, police and army were reinstated across the country. CRPF, BSF, Agni Veer were reinstated but no complaint of death came from anywhere. It is very shameful for the Hemant government to run away from its responsibility by linking the death to Corona. BJP strongly condemns this heart-wrenching incident and demands from the state government that this government should postpone the reinstatement till September 15. There should be a provision for medical examination of the youth before their physical test, a glass of milk and an apple should be arranged for them at the center.

He said that this death is not a normal incident but an irreparable loss. He said that the BJP demands that the Hemant government should give a compensation amount of Rs 50 lakh to the families of the deceased and a government job to one member.

He said that if the state government does not take cognizance within the next seven days, then the BJP will demand an inquiry in the Human Rights Commission. He said that if the Hemant government does not give jobs to the dependents of the deceased, then we assure that the upcoming BJP government will give jobs.

State President and former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi, Leader of Opposition Amar Kumar Bauri were also present in the press conference.