HPSC recruitment exposes BJP’s anti-Haryana stance: Hooda

Former Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the anti-Haryana face of the BJP has been exposed once again in the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) recruitment as less than 8 per cent of the Haryana youth were selected in the exam.

“The recruitment for English Assistant Professors (college cadre) has completely unmasked this government’s anti-Haryana stance. The government, which consistently prioritises candidates from other states in recruitments, this time didn’t even select 8 per cent of candidates from Haryana,” he said.

“Our question is, did the government not find any qualified candidates for this post in the entire state of Haryana? This question has been continuously raised by the Congress, from the streets to the Legislative Assembly, but the BJP has not been able to answer it till date. In this recruitment, 4,424 candidates applied, out of which 1,950 appeared for the final written examination, but only 35 per cent qualifying marks were given, seemingly as part of a conspiracy. Only 151 candidates were declared successful,” he stated.

“Even UGC-NET/JRF qualified and PhD holders failed to clear the exam. Most surprisingly, the percentage of Haryana residents among the selected candidates is around 8 per cent. Therefore, every young person is hurt by the question: don’t young women and men from Haryana have a right to job in their own state,” he questioned.

Hooda said by conducting such recruitments, the BJP was also eliminating reservations in jobs as there were 60 seats for BC-A candidates, but only six were selected. Similarly, 36 seats were reserved for BC-B, but only three were selected. There were also 60 seats for the EWS, but only six persons were selected. Before this, the BJP government has played this game in recruitments ranging from SDOs in the Power Department to Assistant Professors in other subjects and HCS officers. Either fewer people than the number of vacancies are deliberately passed, or people from other states are recruited for most of the positions.

To achieve this, he said, sometimes a paper leak is orchestrated, sometimes the papers are made excessively difficult, sometimes there is manipulation in the marking, and sometimes the rules are tampered with.

Hooda demanded that all recruitment processes marred by irregularities should be cancelled, and the exams should be conducted again, considering the demands of the candidates. He also emphasised that it must be ensured that positions meant for the people of the state are not given to people from other states.