Pradip Napit, a 33-year-old resident of Burhar in Shahdol, says the government’s refusal to give him his job has turned his life upside down. “I was selected and was supposed to get married but when the family members of my wife-to-be came to know that I was not getting a joining call, they turned down the marriage. My father was suffering from cancer and I was with him in Mumbai, but I would still come to Bhopal to take part in protests because that is our right. We are not demanding jobs through recommendation or through any other illegal means. We earned it by working hard and passing the exam. Such corrupt ministers and bureaucrats who play with the lives of people should be shot dead.”