Amaravati, July 24 (IANS) YSR Congress Party has reiterated its demand for a probe by the CBI into alleged irregularities in the Mega District Selection Committee (DSC) exam and recruitment of teachers.

The opposition party has called for protests across Andhra Pradesh on July 28 to press for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

YSRCP General Secretary Jupudi Prabhakar said on Friday that the party will stand by students and youth who are betrayed by the coalition government.

He told media persons at the party’s central office at Tadepalli that while the Centre has yielded to the protests by students and civil societies on NEET irregularities, the coalition government has shown no concern and failed to answer the pointed questions raised by former Chief Minister and YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.

“We will protest statewide on behalf of students and youth seeking a CBI probe into the irregularities in the DSC process from notification to recruitment level as was exposed by us at various levels,” he said.

The YSRCP leader stated that the GOs issued to accommodate the favoured few before the exams and cancelling them after the recruitment show the element of scam in the DSC.

Prabhakar said they time and again raised it, but the State government did not respond, nor did it address the issue.

Students are bearing the brunt with the fees reimbursement dues not being cleared, and even the Talliki Vandanam scheme has been shoddy, with the number of beneficiaries being drastically cut and the promised amount not being given, he said.

“We demand that the full data of Talliki Vandanam be made public on the amount released and the number of beneficiaries, and the comparison with the previous scheme will give a full picture.”

He also alleged that the State government has been silent on custodial deaths and atrocities on Dalits and weaker sections. YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has been continuously raising the issue.

YSRCP will stand by the students, youth and other sections and will be the voice of the people, he added.

–IANS

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