Punjab: Channi leads Congress protest in Faridkot over exam irregularities

Channi said the pharmacy officers’ examination row was another example of “rampant irregularities and favouritism prevalent under the current political regime”, alleging that the bureaucracy was also hand in glove

Lok Sabha member from Jalandhar and former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday led a Congress protest in Faridkot, alleging irregularities in the recently held recruitment test for the post of pharmacy officers.

Several senior Congress leaders, including MLAs Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa and Rana Gurjeet Singh, were among those present at the protest. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)

Addressing a protest rally outside the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), the institute that conducted the test on behalf of the Punjab health department on July 19, Channi alleged that in the last four-and-a-half years of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, several examinations had been leaked due to political corruption.

Channi said the pharmacy officers’ examination row was another example of “rampant irregularities and favouritism prevalent under the current political regime”, alleging that the bureaucracy was also hand in glove.

He further alleged that during the AAP regime, candidates from Haryana had been selected for various government jobs and Punjabi youth had been deprived of employment opportunities “under a planned design”.

Several senior Congress leaders, including MLAs Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa and Rana Gurjeet Singh, were among those present at the protest.