Former legislator and BJP State spokesperson Rajkumar Patil Telkur demanded a CBI inquiry in an alleged cheating in the competitive examination conducted by the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) for recruitment to various posts last week.
Addressing a press conference in Kalaburagi on Tuesday, Mr. Telkur said that several candidates were arrested for using Bluetooth in the examination, questions are being raised as to how such a huge scam took place under the nose of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge in his own district. Mr. Priyank should break his silence on the alleged scam.
The previous BJP government took series action against those involved in PSI recruitment scam in 2022, the candidates appeared for examinations, the government officials involved in the scam and the police officials including an IPS rank officer was taken into the custody, said Mr. Telkur, irked over the nonchalant attitude of the State government in the scam, and questioned whether the State government and the Home Minister were incompetent.
