Vijayawada: Former CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy challenged CM Chandrababu Naidu to order a CBI enquiry to probe alleged irregularities in DSC 2025 and the APPSC Group I examination.

Speaking to the media persons YS Jagan said that contrary to the allegations levelled by the coalition-Government, the APPSC 2018 exams were conducted during the YSRCP Government in a transparent manner and as per Court directives, giving no room for any misappropriation.

He asserted that YSRCP was ready for a probe into Group I examination held during YSRCP rule. Whether the TDP-led coalition Government was prepared to subject the DSC issue to the same scrutiny, he asked.

On the other hand, the conduct of DSC has been shady right from setting of question paper to the recruitment, he said. YS Jagan claimed that both Chandrababu Naidu and Education Minister Nara Lokesh admitted irregularities in the Assembly but did not allow the topic to come up in the Council.

He said the setting of question paper and conduct of DSC was given to the same institution which opened the floodgates for corruption and paper leakage. In the sports quota, the Government has issued two GOs exempting the job aspirants from writing the DSC exam. After the favoured people were taken in, the gates were closed by issuing two more GOs negating the earlier ones.

In the process, 372 people got jobs and the Government has put up a meek defence by stating that as we have given a job to PV Sindhu, the same norms apply to others in sports quota, he added. YS Jagan said that none of the 372 people recruited have played international tournaments and the one who won a gold medal in Archery in the National Games was denied job.

There are audio clippings which went viral on the job trading but no action was taken. This is why the DSC needs to be probed by CBI and the Education Minister should resign, he said.

He said that we have brought in reforms in the exam system and the allegation of tampering with the marks does not arise and it is done only to underplay the seriousness of DSC scam from leakage to appointments which deserve CBI enquiry and the resignation of Education Minister. Increase the scope of the CBI enquiry and bring the Group I exams under its purview as well, he added.