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LoP Debabrata Saikia additionally seeks the resignation of Minister near absconding BJP chief discovered concerned in query paper leak.
The Opposition Congress in Assam has requested Governor Jagdish Mukhi to not let the chief of the State police recruitment board quit until the probe into the leaking of the query paper for appointing sub-inspectors is over.
The Congress has additionally sought a directive to Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal for dropping Law and Justice Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya due to his “close ties” with Bharatiya Janata Party chief Diban Deka, who is additionally an accused within the examination scandal.
Mr. Deka has been absconding, together with one other prime accused, former Deputy-Inspector General of Police Prasanta Kumar Dutta. The State police have introduced money awards for data on the duo believed to be both in Nepal or in considered one of Assam’s neighbouring States.
“In the interest of a fair investigation, Pradeep Kumar should not be allowed to quit as Chairman of the State Level Police Recruitment Board (SLPRB) till the probe is completed,” mentioned Congress MLA and Leader of the Opposition within the Assembly Debabrata Saikia in a letter to Mr. Mukhi on September 29.
He referred to Mr. Kumar’s assertion that he had filed a criticism with the Crime Investigation Department in reference to the scam and had taken two accused – Mr. Deka and Gautam Mech – alongside earlier than the previous vanished. Mr. Kumar introduced his resignation quickly after.
Mr. Saikia additionally referred to stories claiming Mr. Bhattacharya’s “close ties” with the absconding BJP chief. “As such, the Chief Minister should immediately drop Mr. Bhattacharya from the Council of Ministers, in consonance with parliamentary ethics,” he added.
The Congress additionally sought a judicial inquiry into why a couple of non-public companies had been allowed to conduct “one controversy-marred recruitment test after another” in the course of the tenure of the Sonowal Ministry.
The police have to date arrested 19 folks in reference to the query paper leak, moreover probing the disproportionate property of the retired DIG accused within the examination scam the Congress has labelled as “Assam’s Vyapam”.
The recruitment of sub-inspectors in opposition to 597 vacant posts was first marketed on November 4, 2018. The SLPRB issued one other discover for the test on November 6, 2019.
The written test was scheduled on September 20 however the query paper was leaked a day forward in hand-written kind. A complete of fifty candidates had sat for the “written test” on September 19 at a lodge in Guwahati.
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