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Jammu-Kashmir: Job Aspirants Protest Against 'Tainted' Firm Hired for Conducting Exams, NC Delegation Joins Agitation

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[ad_1] Protests against the hiring of a previously “blacklisted” company by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) for conducting written examinations for recruitment to various posts continued for the second day on Thursday. Scores of job aspirants assembled at the Press Enclave here to protest against the company, Aptech, and the JKSSB, even as a delegation of National Conference (NC) joined the protesters expressing dismay over the government’s “non-serious attitude” towards the grievances of job aspirants. The students demanded to scrap the contract of the company, alleging it has indulged in malpractices. A senior official of the JKSSB said on Wednesday that there was no justification for the protest as the matter with regard to the hiring of Aptech is “sub-judice”. However, he said the company was hired as per the central and J-K government guidelines as it has already completed the blacklisting period of three years in May last year. “JKSSB is forcing us to