Adityanath waived cases against himself, failed to check exam paper leaks: Tejashwi
Patna (PTI): RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday charged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with using his position to clear his name in criminal cases.
The former Bihar deputy CM also took a dig at Adityanath for failure to curb question paper leaks in his state from where “young men and women used to turn up in droves to try their luck when we were creating jobs on a mass scale”. Returning from a day of hectic poll campaign, Yadav briefly interacted with journalists at the airport here. His reply was sought to remarks by Adityanath at back-to-back rallies addressed by the BJP leader in Nawada and Aurangabad.
"Upon coming here, he had to blurt something. So he blurted,” Yadav said when he was asked about Adityanath's charge that RJD's rule in Bihar was marked by goons brandishing their pistols. "Our 17 months in power were known for no such thing. On the other hand, recruitments in government departments, on a large scale, had attracted many applicants from his (Yogi's) state,” the RJD leader, whose party got stripped of power following Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's abrupt return to the BJP-led NDA, pointed out.
Yadav also questioned Adityanath's claim of good governance, alleging that "the one thing he has accomplished is to get his own name cleared in cases in which he was named". The allusion was to an order passed in 2017, months after the UP CM's ascent to power, by which a two-decade-old case relating to violation of prohibitory orders was scrapped.
Yadav also advised Adityanath to set his own house in order, saying, "As of now he is unable to hold exams unblemished by leaks of question paper. Perhaps a reason why so many people from his state came to Bihar searching for jobs". The RJD leader also lashed out at BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy for belittling the former's sister Rohini Acharya, who is making her electoral debut from Saran, a seat where Rudy is aiming at a hat-trick.
"My sister made an enormous sacrifice by donating a kidney to our father,” said Yadav, son and heir apparent of RJD president Lalu Prasad. "Saran has been laid waste. My sister will transform the constituency once she gets the people's blessings,” he asserted.
Saran, earlier known as Chhapra, is the Lok Sabha seat where Prasad made his debut in 1977. He went on to win the seat many more times till 2013 when conviction in a fodder scam case led to his disqualification.
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Karnataka issues order on internal quota within SC reservation; 56,432 recruitments to proceed
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Tuesday issued an order implementing internal reservation within the 15 per cent quota earmarked for Scheduled Castes in appointments and admissions.
As per the order, 5.25 per cent reservation has been allocated to Left-hand communities under Category-A, 5.25 per cent to Right-hand communities under Category-B, and 4.50 per cent to other touchable Scheduled Caste communities under Category-C.
The government said the decision follows the recent Cabinet meeting held in view of the interim order of the High Court. It was decided to temporarily adopt the 50 per cent overall reservation ceiling and continue recruitments subject to the final verdict of the court.
Accordingly, the 15 per cent SC reservation in recruitment and admissions will now be distributed among the three categories in the prescribed ratio.
The order further stated that 20 per cent of posts or seats available under Category-C must be reserved for 59 most backward castes within the Scheduled Castes. If eligible candidates from these 59 castes are not available, the vacancies or seats should be filled by candidates from other communities within Category-C.
For implementing the revised quota in recruitment, authorities have been directed to follow a 400-point roster system. Where fewer than three Scheduled Caste roster points are available in any cadre, the reserved posts should be treated as general SC category posts for appointment purposes.
The government has also directed departments to revise ongoing recruitment processes by incorporating internal reservation. Notifications already issued without such quota distribution are to be withdrawn and fresh revised notifications issued immediately.
The order added that if the court upholds the enhanced 24 per cent reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the additional 6 per cent posts should be treated as backlog vacancies and filled accordingly.
The government has instructed all recruiting authorities to take urgent steps to fill 56,432 posts already cleared by the Finance Department through direct recruitment.
