In a major scam involving two top notch officials of NCUI directly, Prime Minister Office (PMO) has asked explanation from Agricultural Ministry under which the NCUI functions. The matter relates to the appointment of 40 lecturers by NCCT for their training units located in different parts of the country.
The two officials under cloud are NCCT Secretary Paramjyoti and NCCT the then Director General Anita Manchanda. Mrs Manchanda has taken voluntary retirement and Paramjyoti is continuing despite the completion of his term.
The entire selection process seems to be a mockery as the NCCT has not published or declared the list of selected candidates but orders were despatched to candidates directly.
It is alleged that the candidates were pre-selected and a show of conducting interview was carried by the Director General and Secretary of National Council of Cooperative Training (NCCT).The interview was held in two phases for the entire nation with one centre at N Delhi and other at Hyderabad.
The interview scheduled for 25th February was postponed to 26th February causing harassment to candidates. It aimed at discouraging many from participating in the process. At Hyderabad Centre alone a total of 70 candidates were vetted and the process was completed in a single day.
The time dedicated to find the right candidate was 5 minutes per candidate. Do not forget that lectures who would impart cooperative training were to be selected. How on earth could you judge a right candidate in just five minutes! It insinuates towards some fixing, no doubt.
It is alleged that a lady candidate who did not even bring the required educational qualification certificates was made to attend the interview and was subsequently appointment letter was also dispatched to her. It is alleged that many candidates without the prerequisite certificates and experience have made it to the list.
At the behest of PMO, Agriculture Ministry has begun the process of verifying educational qualification certificates of the selected candidates. A huge effort to correct the imbalance is going on in NCUI with the new Chief Executive Dinesh Mishra remaining tight lipped over the issue.
When the matter came to the notice of PMO, it wanted to put the appointment on hold but the outgoing Chief Executive Mrs Anita Manchanda in collusion with Paramjyoti,, it is alleged, sent back-dated appointment letters to the selected candidates.
Even now, an effort to whitewash the entire wrongdoing is afoot at NCUI. The needle of suspicion also points towards Dr Chandra Pal Singh Yadav as despite being briefed about the wrong-doing of his officials he chose to sit pretty on the issue much like Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did while A Raja looted the public exchequer in 2G licencing.