“Cockroaches do not come without reason. They appear only when systems are spoiled. Even a person like me can become a cockroach,” Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said at a press conference here on Thursday, alleging that the recruitment system had been allowed to deteriorate and that more irregularities would come to light.
The YSRCP chief also alleged that a candidate from Kurnool was appointed as an SGT under the sports quota despite securing 65 marks in TET against the required 75.
The officials, he claimed, had defended the appointment saying that the candidate had appeared for the examination several times and that his highest score had been considered, while the category had subsequently been “jumbled up.”
Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy alleged similar discrepancies in the case of a candidate in Kadapa and accused the government of misuse of the EWS quota in Kadapa, Kurnool and East Godavari districts.
Questioning the government’s claim that certificates had been verified seven times before appointments were made, he said the explanation was difficult to accept in view of the alleged discrepancies. He alleged that the government was attempting to shield Mr. Lokesh and that officials were running out of explanations.
He also referred to an earlier allegation of question-paper leakage involving an outsourced employee who, the YSRCP chief claimed, gained access to the paper, secured the first rank and was subsequently removed from the merit list. Though audio and video evidence allegedly indicated that jobs were being offered, the case was not pursued adequately, he alleged.
He further alleged that the government had attempted to adopt a similar modus operandi in the APPSC recruitment to fill Forest Department posts through the sports quota, but withdrew the move after the DSC issue was exposed.
