Anupriya Patel writes to UP CM over rejection of OBCs, SC/STs for govt jobs

Union minister and Apna Dal (Sonelal) president Anupriya Patel has written a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the rejection of OBC and SC/ST candidates for state government posts by declaring them not found suitable.

In her letter dated June 27, Patel said that she has been constantly contacted by candidates from the backward classes and scheduled caste/ scheduled tribe category over the issue.

"...in various competitive examinations conducted by the state government, which have only an interview-based recruitment process, the candidates of these classes are often declared 'not found suitable' for the posts reserved for them and none of them are selected," she said.

She alleged that this process is adopted many times for these posts in competitive examinations and later 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 based on