Panchkula, Oct. 3 -- Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala on Saturday stepped up his attack on the Haryana BJP government over recruitment practices, alleging that reserved-category candidates were being denied jobs despite qualifying on merit, and cited a Punjab and Haryana High Court ruling involving Indira Gandhi University (IGU), Meerpur.
Surjewala said the court, while dealing with the university's laboratory attendant recruitment, held that a reserved-category candidate securing marks above the general-category cut-off could compete for a general-category post on merit.
"The BJP has made denying the rights of SC, BC-A, BC-B and EWS youth a permanent pattern in recruitment," Surjewala alleged.
He said the recruitment process dated ba...