KAS Mains Qualified: We too have a point|Those who made it to the final stage of the 3-tier exam have a story to tell

This is in response to the article, Examathon: Kas exam is atest of patience and mental resilience than anything else, by Mr. Suhail NazirKhan published in GK on 13 May.

Response, rather a clarification to that piece has becomenot only necessary but of utmost priority given the dark web that has beenwoven around.

   

The mention of word “mother” in the beginning ofthe article – aimed at stoking emotions provides well for the direction inwhich the article intends to take its readers to. Every candidate involved hasemotional things to narrate ( some even have heart – rending stories to share )but that, fortunately or unfortunately, doesn’t decide, or replace, the merit.My learned brother has used more than enough jargons in his article which in noway succeed at obfuscating the hidden message in it. He has delineated theentire timeline of this exam to further reinforce his point/notion which needsa point -by -point rebuttal:

Prelims stage:

 Whatever happenedafter prelims result is not privy to anyone, the answer keys had certainaberrations which led to alterations in merit ( yes, that was unfortunate, but,my brother, wasn’t all that sorted out there and then? Wasn’t all that put torest and no grievances left behind as a residue as we approached mains? So, whyflog dead horses now?

Mains results:

The results of mains were declared on 4th of December 2018 (mind you, all the prelims fiasco was long forgotten by everybody, for thereasons mentioned above, so my dear learned brother mentioning it repeatedlyhere doesn’t fit well). Yes, papers were rescheduled many a time, but that inno way insinuates that something was amiss ( it was mostly due to weather andother unavoidable circumstances). Coming to the part, wherein the respectedauthor peddles the same old beaten ( largely false and failed ) narrative, thatchoice of certain optionals diminishes to a large extent your chances of makingit to the cut is certainly not expected of a civil service aspirant.

I myself qualified with psychology as an optional – whichthe likes of my brother ( the author) had strictly advised me against as theyconsidered psychology a pariah. And I was demoralised in the PSC exam hall tooby a senior for opting it.

The dropped candidates even alleged ( since the commencementof result on 4 December ) JKPSC to have deliberately wronged many aspirants andclaimed to possess substantial proofs but unfortunately, none was presented inthe court of law hitherto.

Conclusion:

To cut a long story short, I would say that, had there beenany solid proof ( apart from theatrics and shooting-in-the-air emotionalnarratives), the case would have largely skewed in favour of dropped candidatesby now (which clearly isn’t the case).

I haven’t used the words “TRAUMA”,”STRESS”, “DEPRESSION” in this write-up ( although, that isan undeniable truth that the qualified candidates have and are facing ) but,that would have given my response an emotional touch which my brother’s articlewas by and large based on.

Malik Babar is a  KASaspirant

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