Patna: Rashtriya
Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Bihar Players’ Association president Mritunjay
Tiwari continued his fast unto death agitation at the Moinul Haq Stadium here
for the third day here on Monday.
His condition turned
worse on the Monday morning as he was feeling some breathing problem. However,
later in the day he recovered slightly.
Tiwari began his
hunger strike on Saturday demanding government jobs for state players who
excelled in national and international arenas.
The state government
had started job scheme for talented Bihar players in 2010-11 and since then
about 150 players had got jobs in different state government departments.
The job scheme was
put on hold for the last five years. In 2016, government again published an
advertisement for fresh recruitment. About 700 players from 67 sports and games
have applied for the jobs.
The general administration
department of the state government which is looking into the matter, is yet to
publish the list of the selected players for the jobs.
The general
administration department has formed a sub-committee to shortlist the players
but the panel which met a few days ago failed to break the deadlock of
selection procedures.
It’s learnt that the
sub-committee will meet on Tuesday to find out a solution to the issue.
Meanwhile, Bihar
State Sports Authority (BBSA) director general Arvind Kumar Pandey, its secretary
Ashish Sinha, art, culture and youth affairs department director Sanjay Sinha
reached the dharna venue and urged Tiwari to call off his hunger strike.
Tiwari, however, said
that he would call off his agitation when general administration department
will give a certain date to release the appointment letters to the selected players.
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