On Wednesday, a 29-year-old resident of Girihid, Jharkhand committed suicide by hanging himself from the sealing of his room.
According to reports, Sumit Kumar had not received a joining letter even after a year of clearing Staff Selection Commission (SSC) exam, which led to his depression.
Sumit had moved to Delhi in 2014 and was aspiring to become an Income Tax Inspector. Over 15 lakh candidates appear for SSC exam every year and only 400-500 are selected for the post of Income Tax Inspector.
A few of Sumit’s friends had received their joining letters. But Sumit, who had been told that he would get a posting in Chennai, had not received the joining letter.
Swaraj India President Yogendra Yadav also expressed concerns over the slow process of selections in the SSC exams.
सुमित नाम का 29 वर्षीय नौजवान सिस्टम की लापरवाही का शिकार हो गया! एक पढा-लिखा युवा जो देश की सेवा कर सकता था, उसने सरकार की उदासीनता के कारण ख़ुदकुशी कर ली। कौन देगा इस मौत का जवाब? किसकी जवाबदेही है सुमित जैसे करोड़ों युवाओं के साथ न्याय करने की?#JusticeForSumit @yuvahallabol pic.twitter.com/gBT5h1GVku
— Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) September 20, 2018
Another distressed Twitter user, who had appeared for SSC-CGL 2017, wrote that “SSC is a slow poison that destroys life of thousands of aspirants.”
https://twitter.com/goelharshit12/status/1042752760523894785?s=21
और कितनी मौते चाहिये साहब ?
पहले सालो पेपर ना कराओ फिर सालो रिजल्ट ना दो फिर सालो नियुक्ति के लिये तरसाओ साहब क्या गलती है हम लोग की बस यहीं ना की मोदी जी को वोट दिया? कब तक चलेगा ये ? कौन जिम्मेदारी लेगा इसकी ? @_YogendraYadav @AnupamConnects @pbhushan1 #justiceforsumit— Shivam (@shivvu0606) September 20, 2018
In December 2017, Logical Indian reported that 10,661 candidates, who had qualified the June 2016 SSC-CGL exams, had not received their joining letters.