The Uttarakhand Berozgar Sangh, protesting against the alleged leak of three pages
of a graduate-level examination’s question paper, on Thursday demanded that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigate the “irregularities in the examination”.
Amid the uproar caused by the leaking of three pages of the question paper during the competitive examination for various departments on September 21, a delegation led by union president Ram Kandwal met Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, but it yielded no results. Responding to the demand for a CBI probe into the paper leak case, Dhami said it is a ploy to complicate and divert the recruitment process in the state. He said the recruitment process in the state will continue uninterrupted and all the vacant posts will be filled. A large number of students, under the banner of the Uttarakhand Berozgar Sangh, have put up tents on the road outside the Parade Ground. The union has also demanded the immediate resignation of the Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission chairman, cancellation of the examination and amendments to the constable recruitment rules from the state Government. The union’s state vice president, Suresh Singh, said, “We will not end our protest until the state Government accepts all our demands.”
Singh alleged that there were large-scale irregularities in the examination and the unemployed would continue their protest.
The opposition Congress party has been continuously targeting the state Government on this issue. State Congress vice president Suryakant said his party will hold protests against the State Government at all district headquarters on Friday, demanding a CBI investigation into the incident.