Big Breakthrough: Arunachal Govt accepts demands of APPSC aspirants

In a big breakthrough and much to the relief of the hundreds of protesting APPSC aspirants and their parents, the Arunachal Government is understood to have accepted their demands, sources said.

It may be mentioned that the development has come after a seven -hour long meeting between the Pan Arunachal Joint Steering Committee (PAJSC) members and Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu at the Secretariat in Itanagar this evening.

It is, however, not yet known if the government has agreed to all 13 of their demands.

The meeting was attended by Arunachal rights activist Sol Dodum along with few parents of the aspirants.

Meanwhile, the situation in Itanagar continues to be volatile as the protest against the investigation into the APPSC question paper leak and appointment of new Chairman and members of APPSC continues.

The 13 point charter of demands put forth by the PAJSC includes:

1.The chairman, secretary, members and all other official of APPSC from 2014 to 2022 must be immediately brought under the purview of investigation. if any discrepancies are reported, arrests must be made immediately.

2. Immediate constitution of fast- track court for prosecution of the accused involved in the APPSC paper leakage scams.
3. Immediate establishment of state administrative tribunal.
4. Immediate endorsement of (enforcement directorate) and court monitored probe and also immediate seizure of assets/properties (movable and immovable) of all the accused and the incumbents of APPSC along with their kit and kin.
5. Immediate disclosure of the status of the various departmental enquiry reports initiated so far against the various suspended or arrested officials and subsequent dismissal/ termination thereof.
   g. Immediate disclosure of the three member committee report.
6. Suspension of all the upcoming examination till the completion of investigation process and endorse UPSC to conduct the upcoming examination till the completion of investigation process.
   8.The higher officials above the rank of Deputy Secretary serving between 2014 to 2022 must be investigated and arrested if necessary.
7. Any exam found to have involved malpractices like paper leakage scams must be immediately declared ‘null and void’.

10.Inclusion of two members from the aspirants in the preparation of SOP (standard operating procedure) of APPSC.

11.Immediate legislation and implementation of whistle blower act with special provisions for the protection and rewards to the whistle blowers.

12.Justice for Mudang Yabyang, person with Disability (PWD) and the streamlining of selection criteria for PWD candidates.

13. Immediate recalling of the three officials posted under APPSC.