Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister of Uttarakhand, took a stern stance against the alleged recruitment scams and paper leak cases on Sunday, saying that anyone caught cheating in an exam would face a 10-year sentence or life in prison.
Anti-copying Ordinance signed:
While addressing a sports and cultural festival in Kalsi, he said, “our government will not compromise with the dreams and aspirations of the youth. Now anyone who will be found cheating in the recruitment exam will be given life imprisonment and 10 years of imprisonment. Along with this, their property will also be confiscated.
The Uttarakhand Competitive Examination (Measures for Prevention and Redressal of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Ordinance, also known as an anti-copying Ordinance, was signed by Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Gurmit Singh on Friday.
Prior to that, the CM himself had declared that he had approved the Ordinance in response to student protests the State’s paper leak cases.
Protest stagged by Berozgar Sangh:
The Ordinance has now been made a law after receiving the Governor’s approval. Youth from the Berozgar Sangh, a group of unemployed people in the state, protested last week on Dehradun’s main Rajpur Road, calling for a CBI investigation into hiring irregularities. After the agitators exchanged blows with police officers who had arrived on the scene to enforce the order, the protests turned violent.
Police claim that during the protest, the demonstrators threw stones at them and vandalized their vehicles. 13 protesters were detained by the police in connection with alleged stone-throwing during the demonstration, including Bobby Panwar, president of the Berozgar Sangh.
In the alleged stone-pelting incident, 15 police officers were hurt in total.
Speaking to the people of Kalsi, the chief minister further declared that since the state’s strictest anti-copying law had been passed, nobody would be permitted to jeopardize the prospects of young people.
