54.95% Find It Justified to ‘Burn Trains’ for Alleged Unfair Recruitment Process

Recently, the state of Bihar in India saw mobs burning trains in India. In protests over railway exam, a group of young adults led the charge. Sparked by rage due to the unfair recruitment process at Mammoth Railways in India, they chose to burn train carriages in protest.

Accordingly, Real Research has conducted an online survey based on the incident to see what the public has to say. The survey seeks to find if respondents are aware of this incident, if they find the reaction to be fair, its cause, and what can be done to avoid such incidents. Here are the results.

Highlights

• 37.36% say they are working in a government company
• Many agree that mobs burning trains in India for an alleged unfair job exam is justified
• 41.33% say writing letters to government officials is a good way to protest

The Majority Are Aware of the Bihar Train Carriage Incident

To start off, the survey asks respondents whether they are currently employed. Of which, 37.36% say ‘employed for a government company’ and 24.56% are unemployed. Meanwhile, 21.63% work for a private company, 10.91% run their own business, and 5.55% are entrepreneurs.

Moving forth, the survey asks respondents if they know about mobs burning trains in India. To this, 57.55% say ‘yes, from seeing it on the news’, 26.02% were unaware, and 10.71% saw the mob in action. Finally, 5.75% say they were part of the mob.

Next, the survey asked respondents why they think the mobs were burning trains in India? In reply, 46.25% say there was unfair recruitment, 26.26% are unsure, and 11.35% believed the railway hired the mob for media attention. Moreover, 10.61% say political reasons, 2.88% say it was an accident, and 2.22% say religious reasons.

Additionally, the survey then asked if respondents have witnessed or been a part of a similar protest. To which, 42.92% say they have been part of similar protests while 21.01% have witnessed similar protests. In contrast, 36.07% say they have neither seen nor been part of similar protests.

54.95% Justify Burning Trains in Response To Unfair Job Recruitment

Accordingly, the survey asks if it is justified that mobs burned train carriages in Bihar. On this, 54.95% say ‘yes’, 21.26% say ‘no’, and 23.79% say ‘unsure’.

In turn, the survey asks which part of India are the respondents from? In response, 39.48% say from the North, 19.60% from the South, 16.33% from the East, 9.24% from the West, and 6.22% from the central part of India. Lastly, 8.57% do not reside in India.

In addition, the survey asked respondents whether they feel unemployment could lead to an increase in crime rates in India. To this, the majority (64.86%) say ‘yes’, 11.73% say ‘no’, and finally 23.42% are unsure.

Respondents Choose Appropriate Ways to Protest Unemployment

Next, the survey asks what would be the most appropriate way to protest unemployment. To this, the majority (41.33%) say ‘writing letters to government figures’, 21.88% say ‘silent and peaceful protests by holding signs’.

Similarly, 12.43% say ‘blocking roads and protest’ and 11.11% say to support NGOs who can improve the situation. Then, 5.24% suggest starting a social media stir, 3.04% say to ‘urge broadcast media to investigate’, and 2.72% say to ‘burn government properties’.

To conclude, the survey asked what measures need to be taken so crime rates do not rise as a result of rising unemployment rates. To this, 59.46% say the government should ‘draft strategies to create more opportunities. Likewise, 12.77% believe that the corruption of law enforcement is the cause. Then, 9.14% say that prison systems need to secure measures to prevent criminals from ‘falling back into crime’.

Adding on, 7.84% say that NGOs should be funded more and 5.05% say that the government should give a ‘basic salary in case of chronic unemployment. Lastly, 2.64% say that ‘educational institutes should have job placement programs‘ and 2.11% say to revisit the education curriculum system in order to encourage a drop in crime rates.