Demand for sacking of APPSC chief continues

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ITANAGAR: Thousands of people including students, aspirants of various competitive examinations and the public joined the mass protest rally organized by the Paper Leakage Issue Committee (PLIC) of AE (CIVIL) from Akashdeep to the Tennis Court near here on Friday.

Agitating protesters demanded the termination of the Chairman and Secretary of APPSC, a fast-track investigation of the recent paper leakage episode, CBI, or ED probe against the accused Taket Jerang who was the Controller of the examination.

The protest was against the state public service commission for the question paper leakage in the AE (civil) exam conducted recently.

Speaking to the reporters, PLIC Chairman Techi Puru said that the students would not appear in any exam under the present Commission members'. Most of the members are already under scanner due to the last controversy but no one was convicted and they are still in the commission.

"Therefore, we urge the authority to terminate the Chairman, Secretary of the Commission as well as CBI & ED inquiry against all the officers of the Commission," he added.

Former Chairperson of Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Women (APSCW) Jarjum Ete said that the state needs more youths like Gyamar Padung to put an end to such corruption. Moreover, this is not the first time that corruption has been witnessed in the state civil service commission. She said that if an employee of the commission has been working inside the office since 1992, then he alone will not be corrupted. There will be many like him which the state government should root out so that such corruption practice is put to an end.

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