AASU stages protest against appointment scam in PnRD and DIPR

Guwahati, March 20, 2019:

The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) on Wednesday staged a massive protest in Digholipukhuri against the appointment scams in the Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) and Panchayat & Rural Development (PnRD) department.

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The students’body’s General Secretary Lurin Jyoti Gogoi demands a judicial enquiry and immediate action against the individuals involved in the anomalies. The students’ body is going to announce its next phase of protest after the Holi.

AASU staged a protest in all the district headquarters of the state like Tinsukia, Golaghat, Amingaon and other districts.

It is to be mentioned that there were anomalies reported during the written examination for the appointment in various posts of the PnRD. The CID reports said that 18 examination centre has anomalies where in which 28 candidates were expelled, three were arrested and one invigilator was arrested as well. Whereas in DIPR, the results were declared on the same day of holding the examination which raises doubt of pre-set qualifiers for the posts for which the examination was conducted.  It has been alleged that official with a special responsibility, Rajiv Prakash Baruah’s name has also emerged in the DIPR Appointment Scam and also the illegal implementation of DIPR’s schemes