AAP leader questions functioning of GPSC, alleges malpractice
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and spokesperson Pravin Ram on Tuesday alleged malpractice in the Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC). During a press conference in Ahmedabad, he said that there was proof that people associated with social organisations, who had conducted mock tests to help students prepare for government jobs, had also been on the panels actually interviewing these candidates.
Naming an organisation in Surat that provides coaching for government jobs, the AAP leader said that an officer, who had gone to conduct mock tests had then sat on the panel to interview candidates. 'Some students told GPSC Chairman Hasmukh Patel on X that 'it is commendable that you cancelled the Food and Drug interview, but if the expert on the interview panel of Class-II Industrial Safety Health Officer went to provide guidance in various coaching classes, then why was his interview not canceled?'' Ram said.
'So it is clear from these incidents that this is a kind of scam. So we and the students demand that if any expert associated with coaching classes in the Food and Drug Department had his interviews cancelled, then interviews of the Industrial Safety Health Officer expert must also be cancelled. Our question is: When will Hasmukh Patel investigate into the matter…?' he said.
He further said, 'Before the interview, someone who sits in the panel should have all their details checked to see if they were associated with any social organisation or educational coaching class.'
The Indian Express reached out to Patel, a retired IPS officer and the incumbent Chairman of the GPSC, but he refused to comment on the matter.
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