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Mayawati slams UP govt for hyping routine police recruitment drive
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday criticised the Uttar Pradesh government over the recently held police recruitment drive, calling it a routine exercise that was unnecessarily hyped.
She questioned whether all communities received fair representation and raised concerns over the quality and the future of the training being provided to the recruits.
"The recent police recruitment in UP has been portrayed as if something extraordinary has been achieved, while in reality, such recruitment drives are part of routine administrative work to prevent backlog in the police department," Mayawati said in a post in Hindi on X.
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister asserted that the real concern among people is whether proper representation was given to 'Sarv Samaj' or all sections in the recruitment and whether the recruits would receive appropriate training.
Citing the achievements during her tenure, Mayawati said, "During my government, to ensure the rule of law and justice in UP, we created 1.20 lakh new posts in one go and made police recruitment a transparent and honest process.
"The resulting law and order environment benefited people of all communities without discrimination -- something that is sorely lacking now," she said.
On Sunday, the Uttar Pradesh government handed over appointment letters to more than 60,000 new recruits in the police department in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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