Cong will probe Vyapam scam if elected: Nath

Bhopal, Aug. 28: ( PTI) The Congress would probe the “Vyapam scam” by setting up a non- political body if it is voted to power in Madhya Pradesh in the assembly polls due later this year, state unit president Kamal Nath said here on Tuesday.

He said the party would constitute “Jan Aayog” ( public commission) to probe various “irregularities committed during the current BJP rule” if it assumes power.

The alleged scam in admissions and recruitments in Madhya Pradesh is commonly known as the Vyapam scam.

Vyapam is the Hindi acronym of the Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal or Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board ( MPPEB).

The scam, allegedly involving politicians, board officials and middlemen, came to light in 2013.

The scam involved 13 different exams conducted by Vyapam, for selection of medical students and state government employees ( including food inspectors, transport constables, police personnel, school teachers, dairy supply officers and forest guards) where the final results were rigged.

The Congress had demanded resignation of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over the alleged scam.

“If voted to power, we will constitute a Jan Aayog, a non- political body, to probe irregularities like the Vyapam recruitment scam that occurred during the current BJP rule, to bring out truth,” Mr Nath told reporters.

The Congress leader demanded that the government return the examination fees it had collected from 15 lakh candidates.