Haryana CM Khattar covering up HPSC scam: Congress

Chandigarh, December 15

Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) president Kumari Selja and Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala lashed out at the state government and CM Manohar Lal Khattar for the alleged cover-up in the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) scam.

Selja alleged, “For how long CM Manohar Lal Khattar would evade his responsibility. He is in a ‘kathghara’ (dock). It is under him that the scam has taken place. Can the government say that they are not aware of fraud in jobs’ recruitment?”

She added that a number of youth had been training for physical test in police recruitments but it was now a private firm, which would conduct it and there wouldn’t be any videography. “When the Congress government comes, we will get each scam probed as the present government has not been doing anything except cover-up.”

Surjewala likened Khattar’s actions to those of “Dhritrashtra”. He pointed out how both the HPSC and Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) had given clean chit to themselves.

The Congress leaders alleged that HPSC chairman Alok Verma was ADC (aide-de-camp) for a long time at the residence of Khattar before his appointment to this constitutional post and added that till date, he and HPSC members had not been called for investigation.

Surjewala alleged, “The amazing thing is that on December 14, the HPSC released the document verification schedule for the recruitment of 10 new posts. All these exams were held by the HPSC on September 14, two days after the HCS (Preliminary) paper on September 12. Anil Nagar was handling everything in these recruitments, including secrecy.”

He added, “Alok Verma, in an interview on December 9, said the work of confidentiality and checking of the HPSC papers was given to deputy secretary Anil Nagar instead of the secretary, who is an IAS officer because the latter refused to do the job due to personal reasons. Isn’t it clear now that his “personal reasons” must have been not to get involved in the paper leak scandal?” — TNS

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