It was important to know what was the stand of the apprentices on the statements issued by the ministry.
- The apprentices donтАЩt want the examination to be conducted again because they could not afford because of scarce stipends as a few of them also have a family and other personal reasons.
- The NFIR Union leader MR. B. C. Sharma is blaming privatization and external contracts in Railways behind this fuss. They┬аare alleging the government of giving contracts to private companies and snatching jobs from government vacancies.
- The apprentices are stating that the Ministry should not provide training if they do not intend to give the jobs.
- The apprentices say they cannot find jobs outside Railways because of the specific nature of the training.
- Protestors objected that the ministry is conducting the re-examination to gather money and
- Also, the apprentices who have crossed their age limit will lose their chances to re-appear in the examinations.
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