Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday accused the BJP-RSS of systematically taking up India’s constitutional our bodies, damaging their repute, integrity, and autonomy.
Kharge expressed concern over the a number of scandals relating to the UPSC and known as for the Prime Minister and the minister of personnel, public grievances, and pensions to supply readability on the matter.
He highlighted instances of unqualified people faking caste and medical certificates, which he believes have duped the supposedly ‘foolproof’ system. Kharge additional added that this example is a direct affront to the real aspirations of lakhs of aspirants, together with these from SC, ST, OBC, and EWS classes, who work diligently in making ready for the Civil Providers Examinations.
He questioned the untimely resignation of the UPSC Chairperson, 5 years earlier than his time period’s finish, and the secrecy surrounding it for a month and raised considerations a couple of doable connection between the quite a few scandals and the resignation, noting that the chairperson was introduced in from Gujarat and promoted by Prime Minister Modi.
“Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ji had referred to the civil servants because the ‘Metal Body of India’, however the Modi authorities‘s determined try to regulate each facet of governance has punched holes in the identical! This must be completely investigated on the highest stage in order that such instances of fraudulent malpractice in UPSC admissions do not occur sooner or later,” he mentioned.
Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi additionally questioned the examination’s integrity, highlighting the significance of the UPSC as essentially the most reputed examination within the nation and the function of its candidates as essential pillars of the governance system. Priyanka known as for solutions to questions relating to the accountability of politically appointed people in high UPSC posts, the adequacy of superficial investigations, the necessity for a strong institutional system for checking certificates, and the need for modifications to make the UPSC system extra clear and genuine.
“The belief of crores of individuals of the nation and the functioning of our day-to-day governance and administration is linked to the skilled system of this establishment. I’ve personally seen how laborious the youth work for this examination, with numerous goals of their eyes and keenness of their hearts. The studies of irregularities within the UPSC processes are very stunning. Even a single irregularity on this necessary choice course of raises massive questions and hurts the goals and religion of hundreds of thousands of youth”, Priyanka mentioned in a submit on X.
Congress basic secretary Jairam Ramesh alleged that each one constitutional our bodies have been undermined for the reason that BJP got here to energy in 2014.
“The sanctity, character, autonomy, and professionalism of all constitutional our bodies have been badly broken since 2014. However at occasions, even the self-anointed, non-biological PM is pressured to say that sufficient is sufficient. Mr Modi introduced in considered one of his favorite ‘lecturers’ from Gujarat as a UPSC member in 2017 and made him Chairman in 2023 with a six-year time period. However this so-called distinguished gentleman has now resigned 5 years earlier than the expiry of his time period,” Jairam Ramesh wrote in a submit on X.
The controversy surrounding the UPSC exams intensified when allegations in opposition to Puja Khedekar, 34, got here to mild. She discovered herself on the middle of a media firestorm following accusations of utilizing faux incapacity and class certificates, demanding particular privileges and misusing a beacon on her private automobile.
The federal government determined to droop her ‘district coaching program’ and recalled her to the Lal Bahadur Shastri Nationwide Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie for “essential motion.”
