Shimla, Apr 4 (Representative) 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 media tried to published a one sided version on this issue quoting LOP which showed that justice was not done with district Mandi. ”Since it was issue of justice related to the previous BJP rule of people of Mandi. Congress member stated that vigilance probe have already been order 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 concrete trail of money as transaction of many took place in a 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 vice president of ABVP was sitting in the intervene panel during the recruitment process and former chief minister tried to defend such people in the house is unfortunate.
He said TGT level teacher was elevated as Assistant professor in the university. He said double engine government was there in the state and it always indulged in corruption. He said probe should be done. He hailed the prime minister 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 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 matter is already under government consideration and it has assured the house that truth would come out soon in the matter. Harish Janartha of Congress(Shimla) also raised the leaking of agenda of meeting of Executive Council of HPU as leader of Opposition stated in the house yesterday that he have the agenda with him. Being the member of EC Mr Janartha said that recruitment also being done in HPU by violating UGC norms and Assistance professors are being appointed under a similar manner. He said that working of HPU also being hampered that Vice Chancellors was given additional charge of other university.
Harish Janarth also raised the issue of providing accommodation to some of the members of HPU faculty on very nominal rate despite they have their own house. Kewal Singh Pathania of Congress demanded that enquiry should be order by the government in all the University 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 former ruling party and particular ruling student organization was presided the recruitment process need to be probe. Replying to the issue Deputy CM Mukesh Agnihotri said government is already went much ahead in all these issue as including Police paper leak, Himachal Pradesh Subordinate Selection Boards and other Universities the vigilance probe is already order. He said all these issue are already sieged over by this government and member should trust the government is very serious on the issue. He said scams occurred in the educational intuitions is open to public and they have shown the door to former ruling party for their deeds. However Dy CM did not announce any separate probe on the issue in the house.