MP patwari recruitment exam row: Retired HC judge to head probe, says CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
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He had stayed the appointments of successful candidates following allegations on 13 July. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi had earlier said the BJP was playing with the future of the youth and was shying away from ordering a probe into the exam conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Employees Selection Board.
Protests were held in Bhopal and Indore after a leading Hindu newspaper carried a report on alleged irregularities. At the time, senior Congress leader Arun Yadav claimed eight of the 10 candidates selected were from the Gwalior-Chambal division, including seven from just one center at a college owned by a BJP MLA.
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