Mounting pressure on the BJP Government in Madhya Pradesh over the Vyapam scam, the Youth Congress on Tuesday staged Statewide protests demanding a CBI probe into the scandal and resignation of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.State Youth Congress president Kunal Choudhry said, “A number of people allegedly involved in the scam have died in a suspicious manner and therefore, it should be probed by CBI and Chouhan should resign from his post.”
Several politicians, higher officials and people from the State and outside are allegedly involved in the Vyapam admission and recruitment scam, which took place in medical entrance examination and recruitment of candidates for various Government jobs. It should be probed by CBI, Choudhry said.Youth Congress workers, some of whom were scantily clothed, staged the protest before the Vyapam office demanding probe by the central agency.
Similar protests were also held in Umaria, Mandla, Ujjain, and Jabalpur, among other places, he said. The Centre had on Monday ruled out a CBI probe into the scam as troubles mounted for Chouhan after a woman trainee sub-inspector recruited by the State board, was found dead in a lake. Congress demanded that Chouhan be sacked following a series of mysterious deaths in the case in the last two years that has rocked the BJP-ruled State even as the CM said it is not fair to link all such unfortunate incidents with the scam.