{"id":204752,"date":"2022-11-13T01:30:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T20:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=204752"},"modified":"2022-11-13T01:30:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T20:00:37","slug":"appsc-aspirants-slam-ering-over-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/11\/13\/appsc-aspirants-slam-ering-over-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"APPSC aspirants slam Ering over statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 12 Nov:<\/strong> Pasighat West MLA Ninong Ering has been slammed by APPSC aspirants over an allegedly controversial statement he made with regard to the APPSC exam scam.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to reporters at a city hotel here, the candidates of the 2017 APPSC exam, which ended in a fiasco, on Saturday expressed strong resentment over Ering stating during an interview with a news portal that parents would do anything for the sake of their children&#8217;s careers, even if it came to buying a seat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ering had also said that &#8220;the practice of job recommendations and seeking help from ministers has been there for many years throughout the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the aggrieved candidates said, &#8220;We are not generalising and taking a communal colour; we know that a criminal has no tribe or identity,&#8221; and claimed that Ering&#8217;s comments were politically tinged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Such words coming from a very prominent person, who the youths look up to, is uncalled for and unwelcome,&#8221; the aspirants said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On being contacted by this daily, Ering doubled down on his statement and said that &#8220;corruption starts from the grassroots,&#8221; citing the examples of forcible donations, job absorption, and such.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said he would resign as a legislator if anybody found him providing jobs in lieu of money.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;When the public approaches us for help, as political leaders, we arrange financial aid for them from other sources on loan, which we later repay,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 12 Nov: Pasighat West MLA Ninong Ering has been slammed by APPSC aspirants over an allegedly controversial statement he made with regard to the APPSC exam scam. Speaking to reporters at a city hotel here, the candidates of the 2017 APPSC exam, which ended in a fiasco, on Saturday expressed strong resentment over Ering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-204752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}