Lucknow, Union Minister and Apna Dal (Sonelal) President Anupriya Patel has written to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on rejecting OBC and SC/ST candidates for state government posts by declaring them "not suitable".
In his letter dated June 27, Patel said he has been "consistently" contacted by candidates from the Backward Class and Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe categories on this issue.
"...in various competitive examinations conducted by the State Government, which have only an interview-based recruitment process, candidates belonging to these categories are often declared 'not found suitable' for the posts reserved for them and none of them are not even selected," she said.
He alleged that this process is "many times adopted for these posts in competitive examinations" and subsequently the posts reserved for other OBC and SC/ST candidates are "declared unreserved."
Patel also alleged that even after passing the minimum eligibility criteria for these examinations on the basis of merit, OBC and SC/ST candidates are declared "not found suitable".
"It is beyond comprehension that these candidates have been repeatedly found not suitable for appointment," he said.
The Union Minister requested the Chief Minister to take "effective action" to stop this practice immediately to prevent resentment arising among these categories of candidates.
He also requested that by making necessary provisions, it should be made mandatory to fill the reserved posts only from OBC and SC/ST category candidates "no matter how many times the recruitment process is required for this".
Apna Dal (Sonelal) is a coalition partner of the BJP-led NDA.
In his letter dated June 27, Patel said he has been "consistently" contacted by candidates from the Backward Class and Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe categories on this issue.
"...in various competitive examinations conducted by the State Government, which have only an interview-based recruitment process, candidates belonging to these categories are often declared 'not found suitable' for the posts reserved for them and none of them are not even selected," she said.
He alleged that this process is "many times adopted for these posts in competitive examinations" and subsequently the posts reserved for other OBC and SC/ST candidates are "declared unreserved."
Patel also alleged that even after passing the minimum eligibility criteria for these examinations on the basis of merit, OBC and SC/ST candidates are declared "not found suitable".
"It is beyond comprehension that these candidates have been repeatedly found not suitable for appointment," he said.
The Union Minister requested the Chief Minister to take "effective action" to stop this practice immediately to prevent resentment arising among these categories of candidates.
He also requested that by making necessary provisions, it should be made mandatory to fill the reserved posts only from OBC and SC/ST category candidates "no matter how many times the recruitment process is required for this".
Apna Dal (Sonelal) is a coalition partner of the BJP-led NDA.
