Priyanka Gandhi equates UP teachers’ appointment matter with Vyapam scam

LUCKNOW: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday termed the matter relating to appointment of 69,000 teachers in UP'S Basic Education department as the state's "Vyapam scam".

The Congress leader also said that if the government does not give justice to hardworking youth in this matter, they would resort to an agitation.

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday stayed the appointment of 69,000 assistant basic teachers in the state, holding that there has been an 'error' in the evaluation of question paper.

Meanwhile, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday reserved its order on three special pleas of the UP government challenging the stay on the appointment of 69,000 assistant basic teachers in the state.

The matter was heard by a division bench of Justices P K Jaiswal and D K Singh.

Earlier, the matter was listed for hearing on June 9 but on a request of the state, the court heard the issue on Monday.

"The facts of anomalies in this matter are not normal. Involvement of racket, names of students in diaries, transaction of money, anomalies in examination centres points that its links are vast," she said in a series of tweets.

"Recruitment of 69,000 teachers is UP'S Vyapam scam," she said. The Vyapam scam refers to irregularities in exams held by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, also called Vyavasayik Pareeksha Mandal or Vyapam, for admission in professional courses and state services.

The Congress leader said, "Injustice should not be meted to hard-working youth. If government cannot give justice, its reply will be given with agitation".

The Lucknow bench of Justice Alok Mathur on June 3 had stayed the selection process, prima facie finding that certain questions and answers were 'ambiguous and wrong' and, hence, it required fresh scrutiny by the UGC.

The HC bench had held that there has been an 'error' in the evaluation of question paper.

The recruitment examination was held on January 6, 2019 and its result was declared on May 12 this year.