YSRCP protests across Andhra Pradesh over DSC-2025 recruitment 'scam', seeks Nara Lokesh's resignation

YSRCP workers and leaders staged protests across Andhra Pradesh, demanding the resignation of state Education Minister Nara Lokesh and a CBI inquiry into alleged irregularities in the DSC-2025 teacher recruitment process.

The protests, organised by the opposition party's youth and student wings, were held at district and constituency headquarters across the state.

The YSRCP alleged that the recruitment exercise conducted under the "Mega DSC" banner was marred by irregularities and demanded that Lokesh accept moral responsibility and resign.

The party also sought a CBI probe into the recruitment process.

YSRCP leader R K Roja accused the TDP-led government of ignoring repeated demands for a CBI inquiry despite protests by unemployed DSC aspirants.

Roja alleged that fresh instances of irregularities, including in the sports quota, were emerging and said several affected candidates had approached the courts.

She said YSRCP president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had repeatedly raised the alleged irregularities over the past two months, but Lokesh had failed to respond.

Referring to the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET controversy, Roja said Lokesh should also accept moral responsibility, resign and face a CBI probe into DSC-2025.

Former minister K Govardhan Reddy alleged that the much-publicised "Mega DSC" had turned into "Daga DSC", accusing the government of cheating unemployed youth through multiple government orders and irregularities in recruitment.

The YSRCP also alleged that student enrolment in government schools had declined by more than 5.5 lakh over the past two years and accused the government of misleading the public with its claim that 1.1 lakh students had moved from private to government schools.

The party further alleged that essential textbooks had not reached several schools despite the academic year beginning more than a month ago and that the Vidya Kanuka programme had not been implemented this year.

It also claimed that more than 22.6 lakh beneficiaries had been excluded from the Talliki Vandanam scheme, which provides Rs 15,000 annually per school-going child, and sought full fee reimbursement, restoration of the Vasathi Deevena scheme and payment of the promised Rs 3,000 monthly unemployment allowance to eligible youth.