Rahul Gandhi, leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, has slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for calling for UPSC lateral entry jobs to fill 45 posts in different central government ministries. The Congress leader took to X (formerly Twitter) to claim that PM Modi was favouring recruits with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) affiliations.
“Narendra Modi is attacking the Constitution “Recruiting civil servants through ‘Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’ instead of the Union Public Service Commission,” Gandhi wrote in Hindi.
‘SEBI’s best example’
Rahul Gandhi also reiterated his jibe over the Adani-Modi merger. Gandhi said that Prime Minister Modi was hiring “representatives of a few corporations” for “top positions” in the Indian government. He said, “A clear example of what representatives of a few corporations will do while occupying key positions in the government is SEBI.”
Rahul Gandhi was referring to the latest salvo by US-based short-selling firm Hindenburg Research claiming that SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband Dhaval Buch has “bought stakes in shady offshore funds” used in the “Adani money-laundering scandal.”
Narendra Modi is attacking the Constitution by recruiting civil servants through ‘Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’ instead of the Union Public Service Commission.
Reservations for SC, ST and OBC categories are being openly done away with by recruiting important posts in various central government ministries through lateral entry.
I have always…
– Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 18, 2024
‘Theft of rights’
Rahul Gandhi stated that PM Modi’s latest lateral entry move At the highest levels of the ministries of the Government of India, there is the “theft of rights” of SC, ST and OBC categories.
“Reserve for SC, ST and OBC Categories “He is being openly poached by recruitment through lateral entries into important posts in various central government ministries,” Gandhi wrote in Hindi on Day X.
“I have always said that the underprivileged are not represented in all the top positions in the country, including the top bureaucracy. Instead of improving this, they are being further pushed out of the top positions through lateral entry,” Rahul Gandhi added.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge earlier described the move as a “deliberate attempt” to marginalise SC, ST and OBC communities from crucial government roles.
UPSC announces 45 lateral entry posts
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Saturday announced recruitment for 45 posts (10 Joint Secretaries and 35 Directors/Deputy Secretaries) to be filled through lateral entry mode on contract basis.
Vacancies in different Ministries/Departments based in New Delhi will be filled on contract basis for a period of three years (extendable to five years based on performance) through the website. https://www.upsconline.nic.in for September 17th.
These posts are typically held by officers from the all-India services (Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS)) and other Group A services, among others.
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