MNS push for locals in postal exam

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has warned the post and telegraph department not to bypass local candidates in its recruitment drive for postmen, report Rajendra Aklekar and Naresh Kamath.

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has warned the post and telegraph department not to bypass local candidates in its recruitment drive for postmen.

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The department is conducting an examination here on Sunday to fill 437 vacancies.

“We will not let a single postman function if locals are not recruited for the post. How can any outsider work if he does not know Marathi?” said Sandeep Deshpande, the vice-president of the MNS students' wing. He also demanded that the postal department incorporate a clause that candidates should have passed Class X with Marathi as one language.

The MNS had voiced a similar demand last November during clerk recruitment exams.

Of the 4,500 candidates for Sunday’s test, 2,500 are from outside the state.

M.S. Bali, chief postmaster-general (Maharashtra and Goa), said, “We will take all the care to ensure selected candidates know Marathi and are domiciled citizens of the state.”