‘Women have to sleep with someone to get job’: Congress leader on BJP in K’taka

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

Bengaluru, Aug 13:
Karnataka
Pradesh
Congress
Committee
spokesperson
and
MLA
Priyank
Kharge
on
Friday
made
serious
allegations
against
the
BJP-led
state
government
that
“men
have
to
bribe
while
young
women
have
to
sleep
with
someone
to
get
a
government
job
in
the
State.”

Kharge
demanded
judicial
investigation
or
probe
by
a
special
investigation
team
(SIT)
into
recruitment
scams
and
sought
that
the
government
set
up
a
fast-track
court.

According
to
an
ANI
report,
Kharge
made
allegations
of
corruption
against
the
ruling
BJP
in
recruitment
for
various
posts
in
the
state.
Kharge
said,
“The
government
has
decided
to
sell
posts.
If
young
women
want
a
government
job,
they
should
sleep
with
someone.
Men
have
to
give
bribes
for
government
jobs.
A
minister
had
asked
the
young
woman
to
sleep
with
him
for
a
job.
He
resigned
after
the
scandal
came
to
light
and
this
is
proof
of
my
words.”

Bommai
says
Karnataka
government
stable

“According
to
the
information
I
have,
it
is
possible
that
the
deal
has
been
done
for
a
total
of
600
posts.
It
is
suspected
that
they
have
received
₹50
lakh
for
the
post
of
Assistant
Engineer
and
₹30
lakh
for
the
post
of
Junior
Engineer.
There
is
a
possibility
that
₹300
crores
of
embezzlement
have
taken
place
in
this
alone,”
he
said
on
recent
recruitments
in
a
press
conference,
as
quoted
by
ANI.

“Where
should
the
poor
and
talented
students
go
if
there
are
irregularities
in
every
recruitment
examination?
The
perpetrators
and
the
middlemen
know
that
nothing
would
happen
to
them
even
if
any
scam
comes
to
light.
The
government
is
playing
with
the
future
of
about
3
lakh
students
who
have
applied
for
the
posts
of
KPTCL,”
said
Congress
MLA.

The
Karnataka
BJP
retorted
to
the
allegations
saying
Kharge
fails
to
see
what
his
party
is
doing
before
making
such
statements.

“Ex
minister
Priyank
Kharge
cannot
see
the
tiles
of
his
own
house
before
making
statements
like
these.
It
was
during
the
Congress
government
that
the
Jayamala
bribery
scandal
was
exposed
and
we
all
know
who
was
involved
in
it,”
the
BJP
Karnataka
said
in
a
Twitter
thread.