After the resignation of UPSC Chairman Soni, Congress is on the front foot, questions were also raised about the NTA chief

New Delhi : After the resignation of UPSC Chairman Manoj Soni, the opposition has become aggressive on the central government. This resignation has given Congress an opportunity to attack BJP. After Soni’s resignation, Congress claimed on Saturday that there are many people who have corrupted the system. Party President Mallikarjun Kharge said that why was Soni’s resignation kept hidden for a month and is there any connection between so many scandals and resignation? Party General Secretary Jairam Ramesh asked why the head of National Examination Agency (NTA) Pradeep Kumar Joshi is still there?

“It seemed obvious.”

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said it was clearly visible that Soni would be removed given the current controversy in the UPSC. UPSC chairman Manoj Soni has resigned from his/her post citing “personal reasons”. Official sources gave this information on Saturday. Soni’s term was to end in May 2029. Kharge, quoting Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on ‘X’, claimed, “The BJP-RSS is systematically engaged in institutional capture of the constitutional bodies of India, thereby damaging the reputation, purity and autonomy of these institutions.

UPSC chairman resigns, why is NTA chief still left… Congress raises questions

UPSC scams a matter of national concern: Kharge

he/she said the multiple scams plaguing the UPSC are a cause of national concern. “Prime Minister Modi and his/her Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions will have to explain. With multiple cases of ineligible persons producing fake caste and medical certificates, it appears that they have cheated the ‘foolproof’ system,” Kharge said. he/she claimed this is a direct insult to the genuine aspirations of lakhs of candidates, including SC, ST, OBC, EWS candidates, who work hard, sweating it out midnight in preparation for civil service exams.

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Question on keeping resignation secret

The Congress president said, “It is disturbing how the UPSC chairman resigned five years before the end of his/her term.” he/she questioned, “Why was his/her resignation kept secret for a month? Is there any connection between so many scams and resignation?” Kharge claimed that the Prime Minister’s favourite person was brought from Gujarat and promoted to become the chairman of UPSC. he/she said, “This should be thoroughly investigated at the highest level so that such cases of fraud do not happen in UPSC in future.”

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Resignation before the end of term

Ramesh posted on ‘X’, “Since 2014, the sanctity, prestige, autonomy and professional approach of all constitutional bodies have been badly damaged. But from time to time even the self-proclaimed non-biological Prime Minister is forced to say “enough is enough”. he/she said, “Narendra Modi brought one of his/her favourite ‘academics’ from Gujarat as UPSC member in 2017 and made him/her chairman for a six-year term in 2023. But this so-called eminent gentleman has now resigned five years before the end of his/her term.

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Why is the NTA chairman left?

Ramesh says, ‘Whatever the reasons given, it was clearly felt that he/she would be removed in view of the current controversy in UPSC.’ he/she said that many more such persons have corrupted the system. Ramesh said why is the chairman of NTA still alive? Sources said that Soni’s resignation has ‘nothing to do with the questions being raised on the Union Public Service Commission’ after the case of probationary IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer Pooja Khedkar came to light.