The day after a police recruitment exam was cancelled by the state government after a paper leak, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said the matter will be probed for foul play and those responsible will be taught a fitting lesson.
The examinees erupted in celebration on Saturday after the government officially notified that the exam had been cancelled.
Speaking at an event organised at Lucknow’s Lok Bhavan to distribute appointment letters to candidates selected for about vacant 1,800 posts across various government departments, CM Adityanath said the act amounted to playing with the futures of the state’s youth.
Terming the paper leak as a ‘national sin’, CM Adityanath said, “We have always believed that if the recruitment process is not transparent, it amounts to playing with the future of the talented youth, forcing them to migrate. Doing injustice to the youth is a national sin. Therefore, we adopted a zero-tolerance policy against such elements from day one, dealing with such elements in the strictest and harshest manner whenever such a situation arose,” CM Yogi said.
Calling those involved in the leak as ‘deceitful individuals’, the CM said they were using technology to carry out their nefarious designs while reiterating the government’s resolve to foil all such attempts.
Congratulating the youth selected in different departments for joining the services of the state, the chief minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision is also the mission of the double-engine government. “The government is working with full commitment to ensure that every youth gets his rights in a fair and transparent manner. As a result, in the last 7 years, more than 6 lakh youth have been provided jobs in the government departments of the state in a transparent manner,” the CM added. He also brought up the investment proposals of Rs 40 lakh crore received during the UP Global Investors Summit 2023 and the launch of projects worth Rs 10,24,000 crore during the Ground Breaking Ceremony 2024, CM Yogi said that the projects launched during GBC@4.0 will provide jobs to 34 lakh youths upon its completion.
