Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 29: Asserting that Panthers Party’s voice against corrupt practices under BJP-PDP rule is vindicated by Governor’s sensational disclosures of late, scores of NPP activists led by party chairman Harsh Dev Singh and other leaders staged a large protest demonstration at Exhibition Ground, near Press Club in Jammu today.
While raising slogans against the erstwhile coalition, the agitated protesters demanded an immediate CBI probe against the corrupt politicians, bureaucrats and officers for their alleged involvement in all illegal appointments besides large scale irregularities and scams done in various departments in the erstwhile regime.
Pointing towards the most sensational disclosures made by the State Governor in the media recently, Harsh Dev Singh said that the exposure of health insurance scam and the replacement of entire selection list of J&K Bank by political appointees was only a tip of the ice-berg with the BJP-PDP combine having crossed all limits of notoriety in making selections to public services besides its involvement in massive bungling and other scams in various departments including PDD, Health, Forests, Education, PHE, PWD, Industries besides others.
Regarding the political appointees replacing 582 genuine youth selected by J&K Bank on monetary and extraneous considerations, he said that not only the J&K Bank but almost all the Government departments had witnessed thousands of illegal backdoor appointments including DRWs and contractuals during the 4 years tenure of the ‘dirty coalition’ in blatant disregard of prescribed rules, procedures and guidelines. He said that corrupt politicians in connivance with certain reckless bureaucrats and officers had blatantly flouted rules to set a glaring example of nepotism which needed a CBI probe without any delay.
“It was highly opprobrious that even KAS officers were appointed through backdoor in the previous Government. Certainly, the startling revelations had sent shock waves among the fraternity of hardworking aspirants and put a question mark on the integrity of the PSC”, Harsh said.
“What is the future of the meritorious students in the State? What action has Governor taken against the culprits? Should they not be booked under the law for their misdeeds and vices? What kind of “resolution” was adopted for giving appointment letters to 582 candidates selected by J&K Bank? Is it an eye wash to spare the felons to go scot free?”, the agitated Harsh Dev questioned.
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