So what, It’s not a unusual advertisement, almost all communities do the same

A largest catering company and one of the major food supplier for Indian Railways with association of IRCTC, R.K.Associates posted a newspaper advertisement seeking “100 male candidates from Agarwal Vaishya community and from good family background” to serve within the railway system.

One of the largest hospitality contractors working for Railways, R. K. Associates when contacted, his spokes person said very frankly that this is not a unusual but it’s a common thing that almost all communities do the same. We are serving people at a largest level thats why we need well mannered persons who treat our costomers very carefully and also take care of company’s image.

Indian Railways does not stipulate the intake of candidates by contractors on the basis of caste or religion. When the matter got highlighted on social media and reached to Railway Board official orderd to enquire the matter.

Even though, “RKAssociates has confirmed that the manager of its Human Resources department who was responsible for the recruitment ad has been removed from the job.