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GUWAHATI
The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) connected Thursday (March 5, 2026) alleged that the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led authorities was undermining the study of a judicial sheet that probed the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) ‘cash-for-jobs scam’.
The authorities precocious tabled an enactment taken study (ATR) successful the 126-member Assembly, astir 3 years aft it made the study of the Justice Biplab Kumar Sharma-headed enquiry committee public, DYFI leaders told reporters.
According to DYFI State caput Nirankush Nath, the ATR exposed the government’s “double standards” successful dealing with the ‘scam’.
‘Evidence found’
He said the sheet recovered grounds of wide corruption successful the recruitment process and recommended cancellation of the full selection. “However, respective officials identified by the committee arsenic accused proceed to clasp elder administrative posts,” the DYFI said successful a statement.
It besides accused a conception of “selected” candidates of attempting to mislead the courts by suppressing facts and questioning the legality of the commission’s report.
The organisation besides criticised the government’s ineligible handling of the case. It pointed retired that a five-member high-level committee led by erstwhile Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua had been formed to analyse the commission’s report. Other members of the committee included erstwhile Director General of Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta.
“Even aft specified scrutiny, enactment against those identified by the committee has been inadequate. Instead of dismissal, galore accused officials were simply suspended and proceed to gully 75% of their salaries,” the DYFI said.
It besides expressed interest implicit the government’s alleged reluctance to marque the “crucial” 2nd measurement of the commission’s study public.
Citing the lawsuit of Priyanka Deka, the DYFI said that her petition successful the Gauhati High Court refers to a committee bid issued connected August 9, 2021, allowing candidates with discrepancies successful their reply scripts to analyse applicable documents.
“A announcement issued to Ms. Deka connected August 13, 2021, intelligibly stated that she could inspect the reply scripts, forensic reports, and tabulation sheets astatine the committee bureau during moving hours,” the organisation said.
The DYFI said that Ms. Deka authorised her husband, Bikash Talukdar, to verify the documents. The second visited the commission’s bureau connected August 18, 2021, examined the materials, and signed a verification gaffe acknowledging that the inspection was done “as per the notice”.
Citing the commission’s report, the DYFI said Mr. Talukdar visited the bureau of the sheet with a lawyer to reappraisal the documents. After examining the materials, Ms Deka submitted her reply to the committee connected August 23, 2021.
“Despite this, it has been argued successful tribunal that the campaigner was lone issued a announcement and was not fixed entree to applicable documents,” the DYFI alleged, describing the assertion arsenic “completely false”.
