Youth Congress workers hold protest in Panchkula against HPSC

Youth Congress workers, led by Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda and Ambala MP Varun Chaudhary, on Tuesday held a protest march in Panchkula against the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) for recruiting candidates from outside the state and filling fewer seats than advertised.

The march was stopped near the HPSC office. As Hooda and other workers tried to climb over the barricades, the police used a water cannon for about 45 minutes. They were taken into preventive custody and later released.

“For the past 12 years, the BJP government has been defrauding the youth of Haryana in the name of recruitment. The HPSC has become a hub of recruitment scams, paper leaks, bribery, and granting jobs to those from outside Haryana. The BJP government is neglecting state youth in recruitment process and prioritising non-Haryanvi candidates,” said Hooda.

“Most positions in Haryana either remain vacant or are filled by outsiders. Such injustice is not happening anywhere else in the country,” he added.

Major development projects, such as the International Airport, Rail Coach Factory, Gurugram's Defence University, and national-level health institutions in Jhajjar, which the Congress had approved, had also been diverted outside, he claimed. “Had these projects been implemented in Haryana, millions of local youth would have been employed. In such a situation, where should the youth of Haryana go?” he asked.

He demanded that the HPSC Chairman be immediately dismissed and a Haryana resident be appointed. “The HPSC must be dissolved, an impartial investigation into all recruitment scams be conducted, and the culprits be prosecuted. All vacant HPSC positions must be re-advertised,” he said.

“The HPSC doesn’t find Haryana youth suitable for government jobs, but the reality is that the present CM is not suitable for the interests of residents of Haryana,” said Chaudhary.