Opposition for judicial probe into Haryana job 'scam'

Geetanjali Gayatri

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 7

The dismissal of the Deputy Secretary of the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC), Anil Nagar, seems to be a case of “too little, too late” and the Opposition will settle for nothing less than a thorough judicial inquiry into the “entire scam”, while maintaining that the HPSC Chairman and all its members must go too.

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Leader of Opposition and former Congress CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda said Nagar was a small fry. “Is it possible for a Deputy Secretary to manage the entire scam single-handedly? Who is heading the HPSC? It is like saying the salesman is guilty and the shop owner has nothing to do with what goes on. A judicial probe will bring out the truth, but to conduct that, the HPSC Chairman must go first. A free and fair inquiry by a sitting judge of the high court can only be conducted when nobody can tinker with the evidence,” Hooda maintained.

After a protest demonstration at Panchkula against the HPSC scam, AICC media in charge and general secretary, Randeep Singh Surjewala, said by sacking Nagar, the Manohar Lal government had once again made a failed attempt to pull wool over people’s eyes. “The shoddy and scared attempt of the government to protect the real bigwigs and big fish is clear,” he said, adding that these were lame duck diversionary tactics aimed at protecting the real culprits holding power.

“In the last seven years, 32 papers were leaked and every job was put on sale. The conspiratorial manner of restricting the entire “suitcase for jobs” scam to mere Anil Nagar establishes a deep-rooted conspiracy to protect the real culprits. This is part of the BJP-JJP government’s “Commit scam – bury them” scheme. Without sacking the entire HSSC and HPSC, there can be no fair investigation. Only an investigation conducted by an SIT under direct supervision of Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court will bring out the truth,” he stated.

Indian National Lok Dal’s sole MLA in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, Abhay Chautala, said the entire HPSC reeks of a scam. “All those sitting smug in their chairs pretending ignorance must go and a judicial probe be conducted,” he insisted.