EXAM SCAMS IN MADHYA PRADESH
and included 22 of the 52 students from the institute. In all, 1,528 students were selected for the interview to 527 posts.
Denying any wrongdoing, the coaching institute’s coordinator, Chirag Jain, said, “We are ready to face any probe. We selected only talented students, hence they perform well in the examinations. It’s up to the students which centre they choose.”
Fast IAS Academy came up merely two years ago in Indore city and is run by a social organisation — Digambar Jain Mahasamiti — for the welfare of Jain community students.
The institute’s students, even those from far away Bundelkhand region in the northern part of the state, chose to travel hundreds of kilometres to appear for the written exam at a college in Agar-Malwa, a remote district in western Madhya Pradesh.
RTI activist Vinayak Parihar alleged that since Agar-Malwa has just one government college, all the candidates appeared in the preliminary exam at the same centre.
The coordinator at the centre, Shashiprabha Jain, denied any irregularities and said over 600 students appeared for the exam. “As far as successful candidates are concerned, their seating arrangements were in different rooms,” she said.
A candidate who qualified for the interview said all of them chose Agar-Malwa as their centre as they wanted to visit some locations VYAPAM SCAM It surfaced in
July 2013 after irregularities were detected in the pre-medical test. Later, an STF probe brought to fore irregularities in about 12 recruitment tests
MPPSC PAPER LEAK SCAM The Ayurveda Medical Officers examination paper was allegedly leaked in 2014. The scam hit the credibility of the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission, which conducted the exam
DMAT SCAM Under the racket, private medical colleges allegedly sold seats to mint money. After initial probe, dental and medical admission test exam controller Yogesh Uprit was arrested.
together after the examinations. However, Ravi Agrahari, who failed the exam and is a whistleblower in the case, said he had never seen so many coincidences.
MPPSC secretary Pawan Sharma said there was no question of inquiry as there was no irregularity. He said there was a possibility of a certain number of students choosing a single centre for the preliminary exam but the successful candidates appeared in their mains exam at different centres. He added that the final selection was yet to come.
The BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government has ruled out any inquiry so far, saying the public service commission is an independent body in which the government does not interfere.