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Thursday, May 7, 2026

Gujarat government punishing ‘whistleblower’ in recruitment scam with extortion case: AAP - The Indian Express

The AAP has said that Gujarat’s BJP government is, instead of catching the real culprits, punishing its leader Yuvrajsinh Jadeja for blowing the lid off a scam where dummy candidates allegedly took recruitment examinations.

In memoranda they submitted to the government on Monday, AAP leaders and workers demanded that the extortion case registered against Jadeja be withdrawn forthwith. The AAP also demanded that a special investigation team (SIT) headed by a retired high court judge take over the inquiry into into the allegations.

Reshma Patel, president of the state AAP’s women’s wing, led party workers in submitting a memorandum to the district collector of Junagadh. Other AAP leaders submitted similar memoranda in many other districts of the state. In the memoranda, the AAP demanded that the extortion case registered at the Neelambaug police station be withdrawn immediately. They also demanded that all cases of paper leaks, dummy candidate allegations, forgery of documents to get government jobs should be tried in special courts for a speedier delivery of justice.

“You know it well that the state government has repeatedly failed to conduct competitive examinations. When scores of papers have been leaked and examinations had to be cancelled, the state government finds itself in a shameful position. Hopes and aspirations of countless youths have been dashed. On every such occasion, Yuvrajsinh Jadeja produced proof. This provided the government clues to reach to the...



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