Alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to appoint officers chosen by the RSS by "manipulating" the merit list in civil service examinations, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked students to "rise" as their "future was at risk".
"Rise up students, your future is at risk! RSS wants what's rightfully yours. The letter below reveals the PM's plan to appoint officers of RSS's choice into the Central Services, by manipulating the merit list using subjective criteria, instead of exam rankings," Rahul said on Twitter.
His message on Twitter came in the wake of a proposal seeking to bring in major changes in the allocation of services to candidates who clear the all-India examination. With the hashtag
"ByeByeUPSC", he attached a copy of a letter from the Ministry of Personnel on a proposal from the PMO in this regard.
"The Prime Minister's office has desired to consider the suggestion of examining if service allocation/cadre allocation to probationers selected on the basis of Civil Services examination be made after the foundation course." the letter said.
It said the PMO had suggested examining the feasibility of weighing the performance of a candidate in the foundation course and "making service allocation as well as cadre allocation to all India service officers, based on the combined score obtained in the civil services exam and the foundation course".
Congress alleged that Modi's "main objective is to destroy institutions" as it opposed the proposed changes in the civil services allocation.
Centre is considering a major change in the allocation of services to successful candidates of civil services examination and PMO has asked the department concerned to examine if the services can be allocated after the completion of foundation course. The duration of foundation course for officers of almost all the services is three months.
At present, service allocation to the candidates selected on the basis of civil services examination, conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), is made well before the commencement of the foundation course.
The PMO has desired to examine if service allocation/cadre allocation to probationers selected on the basis of the examination can be made after foundation course, as per the communication sent by the Personnel Ministry to different cadre-controlling authorities.