Bengaluru, Sept. 17 -- Amid allegations of "large-scale corruption" in the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC), Congress leaders on Thursday mounted pressure on Chief Minister D K Shivakumar to scrap the recruitment process under a cloud and overhaul the commission on the lines of the union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
A delegation of Congress leaders met D K Shivakumar and submitted a memorandum demanding cancellation of the allegedly tainted recruitment process and a complete revamp of the KPSC's recruitment mechanism.
The leaders urged the Chief Minister to introduce the rules, regulations and procedures followed by the UPSC in the KPSC to ensure greater transparency, accountability and credibility in government recruitment...