Jagan challenges Naidu to order CBI probe into APPSC Group-I exam irregularities

Andhra Pradesh's political landscape is heating up as YSR Congress Party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has challenged Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. Reddy is demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged irregularities in the Group-I services (main) examinations conducted by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) during his previous tenure.

Reddy did not stop there. He also called for a CBI investigation into the alleged irregularities in the 2025 teachers' recruitment exams conducted through district selection committees. "We are asking for the CBI investigation into the allegations on the APPSC Group-I services examination during our regime, because we had not committed any mistake. Does Naidu have the courage to order the CBI probe into the DSC-2025 examinations?" Reddy questioned.

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We are asking for the CBI investigation into the allegations on the APPSC Group-I services examination during our regime, because we had not committed any mistake. Does Naidu have the courage to order the CBI probe into the DSC-2025 examinations?

Reacting to accusations made by Chief Minister Naidu in the state assembly, Reddy defended the APPSC Group-I exams, stating the process was transparent and followed court directives. He dismissed claims of misappropriation, emphasizing that the preliminary examinations were held in 2018 under Naidu's previous government. Reddy alleged that Naidu's current accusations jeopardize the future of 163 candidates.

He further refuted claims that unqualified individuals evaluated the exams at Haailand Resorts. "The allegations that the evaluation was done by non-qualified persons at Haailand Resorts or elsewhere are rubbish," Reddy stated. He asserted that the evaluation occurred in the APPSC office and educational institutions under CCTV surveillance, using a jumbling method and bar codes to ensure evaluator anonymity.

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The allegations that the evaluation was done by non-qualified persons at Haailand Resorts or elsewhere are rubbish. It was done in the glare of CCTVs in the APPSC office and in educational institutions. It was done in a jumbling method and bar code was used and there is no scope of the evaluator knowing the aspirant.