Gross irregularities in recruitment process in universities under BJP rule HP: Congress
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Shimla, Apr 4 – Congress members on Tuesday alleged that their were gross irregularities in the recruitment process in all the universities during the previous BJP rule in the state.
After the question hour, Congress member Chandershaikher(Dharmpur) raised this issue through point of order stating that he was referred three times by opposition leader Jai Ram Thakur when he was speaking on a call attention motion on this issue Monday.
He said that the media tried to publish a one-sided version of this issue quoting LOP which showed that justice was not done with District Mandi. ”Since it was the issue of justice related to the previous BJP rule of the people of Mandi. Congress members stated that vigilance probes have already been ordered and posts of faculty members of Sardar Patel University Mandi have been sold. He disclosed in the house that complaint was made on the basis of the concrete trail of money as transactions of many took place in an account of Him Congress organization soon after the posting of these faculty members.”
Member also alleged that people were rooted through this Him Congress from Shooleni University and after the recruitment there happened the transaction of money. He also alleged in the house that the vice president of ABVP was sitting in the intervention panel during the recruitment process and the former chief minister tried to defend such people in the house is unfortunate. He said TGT level teacher was elevated to Assistant professor in the university. He said the double-engine government was there in the state and it always indulged in corruption. He said the probe should be done. He hailed the prime minister’s office to order the probe when he was approached by the complaint by sending a complaint. He challenged the Jai Ram Thakur that he is ready for a time-bound probe as the university was tried made den of corruption under the political pattern age.
Replying to the issue of irregulates in the Saradar Patel University Education Minister Rohit Thakur said the matter is already under government consideration and it has assured the house that the truth would come out soon in the matter.
Harish Janartha of Congress(Shimla) also raised the leaking of the agenda of the meeting of Executive Council of HPU as the leader of the Opposition stated in the house yesterday that he has the agenda with him. Being a member of EC Janartha said that recruitment is also being done in HPU by violating UGC norms and Assistance professors are being appointed in a similar manner. He said that the working of HPU was also being hampered and that Vice Chancellors were given an additional charge from other universities.
Harish Janarth also raised the issue of providing accommodation to some of the members of HPU faculty on a very nominal rate despite they have their own house. Kewal Singh Pathania of Congress demanded that an inquiry should be ordered by the government in all the universities as during BJP govt similar recruitment scams have occurred in the Dr Y S Parmar University Nauni. Central University. Sardar Patel university and HPU. He said that members of the former ruling party and a particular ruling student organization that presided over the recruitment process need to be probed.
Replying to the issue Deputy CM Mukesh Agnihotri said the government is already going ahead with all these issues including the Police paper leak, Himachal Pradesh Subordinate Selection Boards and other Universities the vigilance probe is already been ordered. He said all these issues are already sieged over by this government and members should trust the government is very serious on the issue. He said scams that occurred in the educational intuitions are open to the public and they have shown the door to the former ruling party for their deeds. However, Dy CM did not announce any separate probe on the issue in the house.
