Congress alleges scam in MP recruitment exam; Priyanka, Rahul slam BJP govt, seek probe
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday alleged a scam in a recruitment exam for patwaris (revenue department ground duty staffers) in Madhya Pradesh and accused the Bharatiya Janata Party government here of shying away from ordering a probe.
Unemployed youth protested during the day in several parts of the state, including Bhopal and Indore, against alleged irregularities in the exam conducted on April 26 by the Madhya Pradesh Employees Selection Board. Results were declared in May and June.
In a tweet, Vadra said, “News of another scam was coming from BJP ruled Madhya Pradesh. It is news of bidding in lakhs for getting (government) jobs. Why is the government shying away from ordering a probe into it?” “Why are the BJP leaders accused of being connected to recruitment scams? There are scams and scams for jobs. Why is the BJP government pushing the future of the lakhs of youth in the dark?” she asked.
Rahul Gandhi said the BJP was “stealing” and ruining the future of lakhs of youth through such alleged irregularities.
“The BJP has just committed theft with the youths in MP. Patwari examination scam was Vyapam 2.0 rip-off which has played (or ruined) the future of lakhs of young people.
“First, BJP stole the elected government. Now it is stealing their rights from the students and employment from the youth,” he said in an apparent reference to the fall of the Kamal Nath government in March 2020 after some MLAs quit and joined the BJP.
Protests calling for the scrapping of the exam and a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into alleged irregularities were held in front of the Bhopal office of the MPESB, formerly known as Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal or Vyapam, and at the Indore collectorate.
National Educated Youth Unions national core committee member Radhe Jat told
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