The Dalit Panther Madhya Pradesh unit alleged here on Sunday that the Barkatullah University is engaged in corruption over recruitment for the posts meant for Scheduled Caste /Scheduled Tribe where in 29 seats were filled by non eligible candidates whose caste certificates were found duplicate in the year 2012. The appointments were done without advertising the said jobs.
Dalit Panther Madhya Pradesh President RK Mahale, while talking to the media persons here on Sunday alleged that Barkatullah University recruited 29 candidates who have fake caste certificates in the post of SC/ST owed seats by taking bribe of lakhs of rupees from them in 2012. There was no advertisement or any other information regarding the information.
The information regarding the candidates were taken from the selected district employment office directly and recruited without any discrepancy for other eligible candidates. In this manner Barkatullah University has encouraged corruption at its level, Mahale added.
When under Right To Information (RTI) Act 2005 the complete details of this scam was collected and the matter was investigated it was found that 29 candidates have fake caste certificate and they were recruited by Barkatullah University alone that too candidates from whom it has taken bribe.
A complaint was done by Madhya Pradesh (MP) Dalit Panther to Vice Chancellor, Higher Education Minister, Principal Secretary Higher Education Department and National Scheduled Caste Commission New Delhi on June 22, 2012. There was no action taken and the case was taken in before the then MP Bhopal Governor on August 3, 2012 who assured that investigation will be done.
When on January 17, 2016 under the RTI information was received from the Governor’s Secretariat the matter became clear that in this corruption Madhya Pradesh Government, Governor’s Secretariat and Barkatullah University all are equally involved.
The Dait Panther says that if they do not see any action taken against these corrupt officials and the 29 candidates removed immediately with in a month’s time, it will go to court and file a Petition against MP Government.