In a serious embarrassment for the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) and the incumbent Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress authorities of Chhattisgarh, the Bilaspur High Court has issued a discover to the fee asking explanation about the alleged irregularities in the choice of the candidates in the 2021 psc examination.
Hearing a petition filed by the former minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Nanki Ram Kanwar, the division bench led by Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha noticed that the choice of the Chairman’s and secretary’s youngsters is unprecedented.
In a video that’s doing rounds on social media, the division bench may be seen expressing their disappointment over the choice of the candidates who’re shut family of PSC chairman and different officers. The bench additional requested to halt the appointments of as many as 18 candidates whose choice has been questioned by the petitioner.
While terming the choice of all these candidates as an excessive amount of of a coincidence the court docket issued a discover to the PSC citing that the council for the petitioner said the appointment of the shut family of the PSC chairman, different officers and leaders of the ruling celebration is biased.
The court docket additional additionally enquired about the present standing of becoming a member of of the accused candidates following which Sanjay Agarwal, the councilor of Kanwar knowledgeable the court docket that the becoming a member of course of is an extended one and the course of is in progress. The court docket then requested to verify the standing of the appointments and sought a reply from the state PSC.
Allegation of Nepotism and fraud in CGPSC 2021 examination
It is to be famous that the State’s Public Service Commission has been on the receiving finish after it declared the listing of profitable candidates of CGPSC 2021 in April this 12 months. The listing consists of family of a number of Congress leaders, senior bureaucrats together with seasoned businessmen. The listing additionally consists of one ‘Nitesh’ whose surname has additionally been saved hidden; he’s mentioned to be the adopted son of the Commission’s Chairman, Tamam Sonwani.
It is pertinent to say right here that after the declaration of the outcomes a viral nameless submit by an unknown PSC aspirant stormed the state’s political galleries after the aspirants made critical allegations on the choice course of of the candidates and claimed {that a} couple of drug addicts additionally bought chosen in the examination.
In the viral submit, the consumer who had launched himself as a CGPSC aspirant claimed that a number of acquaintances of one of his informal mates had been nicely conscious of the questions of the mains papers, manner earlier than the exam was carried out by the fee.
In his ordeal in the submit the consumer had claimed that one of his informal mates with whom he used to share notes whereas making ready for the CGPSC exam was in contact with a number of aspirants who had contacts with a number of senior officers and politicians.
The consumer claimed that these acquaintances of his mates had been indulged in medicine, nonetheless when in May 2022 he visited his informal mates room he discovered that his buddy was busy discovering solutions to some questions despatched by these acquaintances.
On enquiring about the questions his buddy replied that these mates of his have cracked the prelims examination and they’re making ready for the mains examination.
Astonished by the incontrovertible fact that a number of drug addicts had cracked the CGPSC prelims which was in any other case exhausting to get by way of given the normal of the pre-paper held in 2021 the consumer returned to his room. However, a lot to his shock similar questions had been requested by the fee in the mains examination held later on.
The consumer had additional claimed that when the fee lastly declared the mains outcome, that informal buddy of his knowledgeable that two of his acquaintances had cracked the exam and grow to be officers. Astonished by the information, the consumer scrolled by way of the listing of profitable candidates solely to seek out out that each of them are in the top-30 candidates who had cracked the exam.
The nameless consumer had additional said that he’s maintaining his identify secret as he’s conscious of the penalties given the involvement of the highly effective folks in the entire course of. He additional claimed that whereas enquiring extra about the choice course of of these acquaintances, his informal buddy has disclosed some startling revealations which he can’t share because of safety causes.
After the submit went viral on the social media, the state’s opposition BJP had its weapons blazing on the Bhupesh Baghel-led authorities as its youth wing launched a statewide protest in opposition to the alleged nepotism and fraud in the examination held in 2021.
Further, senior leaders of the celebration together with former IAS OP Chaudhary whereas elevating objections on the course of had demanded {that a} retired Judge ought to examine the entire choice course of.
Adding gasoline to the hearth the state’s public service fee in June additionally issued a notification for disposal of previous irrelevant query papers and OMR sheets used in the earlier 12 months examinations triggering one other protest from the BJP leaders.
According to the notification, the fee had invited the bidders to submit their tenders for procuring unuseful earlier years query papers, OMR sheets, solutions sheets, empty cartoons together with envelopes between June 5 -25, 2023.
The fee’s notification ignited a contemporary row into the matter as many BJP leaders in the state alleged foul play and cited the improvement as a determined transfer of the chairman to come back clear on the information. Raising considerations over the improvement, senior BJP chief from the state Gaurishankar Srivas whereas taking to twitter had shared a letter that he wrote to the state’s PSC for cancellation of the tender course of.
In the letter to the PSC Chairman, Srivas, whereas citing the protest of the college students over 2021 outcomes declared by the fee, had urged that any such step pertaining to disposal of the paperwork is not going to solely tarnish the picture of the fee however will even hamper the belief of the college students. He additional urged that any such try earlier than an intensive enquiry into the matter will additional embolden the doubts raised.
The BJP chief had additionally claimed that “the PSC chairman is set to retire in September and the notification issued by the commission is nothing but a desperate attempt of his to come clean on records before his retirement. We have already gathered a lot of evidence in the issue and if any investigation shall be conducted we will disclose everything in front of the investigative agency.”
He additional had claimed that “A number of students who have qualified the exams were neither seen in any coaching institutes nor in any library they even don’t have any social media accounts, they were provided the question papers in advance, otherwise given the standard of the question papers it is not even possible for those to crack the exams who are preparing for as many as 10 years.”
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Following protest and allegation of large scale irregularities in the PSC examination one other BJP chief and former minister Nanhki Ram Kanwar had filed a petition in opposition to the choice of as many as 18 candidates listening to on which the division bench has requested for the explanation.
What lies ahead?
Now after the court docket has requested for a reply from the administration the BJP leaders are terming this as an indication of victory for them whereas alleging large scale irregularities in consecutive PSC examinations beneath the incumbent Congress rule.
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Speaking to the media the president of the BJP state unit, Arun Sao mentioned that “the high court’s observation on the PSC scam is a tight slap on the state government. The youth of the state and the BJP has been stating this for long that wide scale nepotism and fraud has taken place in the selection of the candidates. A government who plays with the future of youth has no moral authority to stay in the government.”
It is to be famous that the tribal dominated state is scheduled to carry elections in November this 12 months the place the saffron celebration is counting on the alleged scams that flourished beneath the incumbent Congress authorities together with the Rs 2000 crore liquor rip-off unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) whereas the Congress on the different hand alleged that the BJP was misusing the federal legislation enforcement companies.
