Ghaziabad: First, the Brahmin Mahasabha took objection to Baba Ramdev's show on Discovery JEET, which it said spoke against the Brahmins, portraying them in poor light. The Mahasabha asked for criminal action against the show "Swami Ramdev: Ek Sangharsh".

Then the Ghaziabad unit of All India Yadava Mahasabha got into the action and demanded action against the Brahmin Mahasabha for protesting against Ramdev.

Produced by Ajay Devgn FFilms and Watergate Production, the Discovery JEET project is a scripted biopic series tracing Baba Ramdev's journey from a life of anonymity to a renowned yoga guru and business leader.

K.P. Yadav, Vice President of UP Yadava Mahasabha, said the Brahmins had been "dividing the society since ages" and Ramdev had said the right things about Brahmins' role.

He praised the yoga guru for having "courage to expose" Brahmins in the show that premiered on February 12.

The All India Yadava Mahasabha has summoned a meeting on February 25, to discuss the issue in detail. The Yadava Mahasabha, in turn, has asked for action against Brahmin Mahasabha.

According to sources, the makers of the show have, meanwhile, asked for the security to be stepped up for them.

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Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has been delaying the appointment of the candidates recruited as assistant professors for government first grade colleges despite all procedures for the appointment being completed already.

The procrastination in issuing the orders has vexed the recruited candidates who have already seen not only a change in government in the state but also two major elections while waiting to get their dream jobs.

The state government had issued a notification through the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) in 2021, to fill the 1,242 posts vacant in 430 government first grade colleges in Karnataka. All the required processes, including submitting applications, conducting examination and publishing the results, have been completed as notified. The names of the 1,208 candidates recruited out the 1,242 final applicants, was declared on March 3, 2023, although the list of the names is not published in the official gazette. In addition, verification of the medical condition of the candidates, authenticity of their marks cards and Kannada medium and rural reservation certificates, issue of conduct certificate as well as police verification have been completed.

The candidates are also required to have validation certificates (sindhutva) that confirm their caste and income to finalize their selection for a post. So far, the eligibility of more than 800 candidates, including those selected under general merit, has been confirmed and the validation certificates of approximately 600 candidates have been submitted to the Department of Collegiate Education.

The selected candidates and various organizations have been submitting requests to the government to publish the list of eligible candidates in the official gazette and also to issue the order copies to the candidates. The government, however, is yet to issue the appointment orders, which has been worrying the candidates.

As the recruitment process took three consecutive years, the academic status of students too has been affected. The classes were not completed within the scheduled time, forcing the students of government first grade colleges to depend solely on guest lecturers.

The BJP government, which was in power when the notification for the posts was issued, had delayed the recruitment process by two years. Further, in 2023, the election code of conduction during the Karnataka Assembly polls impeded the process. The new Congress government in Karnataka too has been neglecting the matter, in spite of many suits being filed at the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal (KSAT), which has resolved all the concerned issues and cleared every impediment for the issuing of order copies to the selected candidates.

KP Madhusudan, convener of the assistant professor candidates' association, has said that the recruitment process, which was started in 2021, is yet to be completed, even after three years. He urged the state government to issue the notification of the appointment order by May-end at the latest.

Dr. MC Sudhakar, Minister of Higher Education, told Vartha Bharati that the model code of conduct had been enforced on account of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections and the state government would take steps to issue the order copies to the selected candidates after the election results were declared.