1. The scam, obviously, has been brewing in Madhya Pradesh for years but has acquired national attention after the deaths of 44 (25 officially confirmed, though!) of the accused/witnesses.
What's the Vyapam scam?
2. An investigation launched in '13(The CM's testimony to the fact that he's clean and above board on the issue, since he'd ordered the probe) revealed that the officers of the state's professional exam board(Vyapam) were manipulating various tests for medical aspirants, police constables, contractual teachers and other government employees - perhaps, for over a decade! The number of government institutions that this scam has allegedly compromised includes the office of the Governor of the state!!
And where has the probe reached?
3. Zilch! The probing agency reports to the chief minister and has no answers - till date - to the string of suspicious deaths of either the accused or the witnesses connected with the case, owing to suicides or road accidents.
Who could be involved?
4. From the manner in which the whole drama is being played out, it can easily be surmised that those people who're involved in the wrongdoing is a powerful syndicate comprising politicians, bureaucrats, top cops and doctors, a large number of students and their parents. And there're reasons to come to this conclusion viz. :-
- Surging aspirations
- Poor education
- Prohibitive college cut offs and
- Too little to chose after reservations.
My take.
5. I tend to agree with the demand that an independent agency, like the CBI, needs to step in to probe charges of foul play and state connivance.
Tailpiece.
To quote another source, is it an epidemic of mass cheating?
What's the Vyapam scam?
2. An investigation launched in '13(The CM's testimony to the fact that he's clean and above board on the issue, since he'd ordered the probe) revealed that the officers of the state's professional exam board(Vyapam) were manipulating various tests for medical aspirants, police constables, contractual teachers and other government employees - perhaps, for over a decade! The number of government institutions that this scam has allegedly compromised includes the office of the Governor of the state!!
And where has the probe reached?
3. Zilch! The probing agency reports to the chief minister and has no answers - till date - to the string of suspicious deaths of either the accused or the witnesses connected with the case, owing to suicides or road accidents.
Who could be involved?
4. From the manner in which the whole drama is being played out, it can easily be surmised that those people who're involved in the wrongdoing is a powerful syndicate comprising politicians, bureaucrats, top cops and doctors, a large number of students and their parents. And there're reasons to come to this conclusion viz. :-
- Surging aspirations
- Poor education
- Prohibitive college cut offs and
- Too little to chose after reservations.
My take.
5. I tend to agree with the demand that an independent agency, like the CBI, needs to step in to probe charges of foul play and state connivance.
Tailpiece.
To quote another source, is it an epidemic of mass cheating?
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