Monday, 06 September 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) burnt the effigy of higher education minister Dhan Singh Rawat and protested in 70 assemblies of the state against the alleged illegal recruitments in Uttarakhand Open University (UOU).
The vice president of the party in the state, Vishal Chaudhary alleged that Rawat has abused his position by making illegal appointments to fill the government positions in UOU as a favour to certain associates and leaders. He said that the higher education minister has appointed those people who are closed to the vice-chancellor of UOU, some leaders in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and to his some other associates.
Chaudhary accused Rawat of cheating Uttarakhand’s people and said that such recruitments are a big fraud and an insult by the state government to thousands of unemployed youth in the state. He said that AAP members staged a protest on Sunday in all the assemblies against this injustice and demanded the resignation of Rawat besides the removal of the vice-chancellor from his position.
The party also demanded the chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to investigate the matter and added that they will intensify their protest if the government fails to take cognisance of the issue soon.
