UPSC Chairman Manoj Soni Resigns Amid Quota Discrepancy Row: Report

UPSC Chairman Manoj Soni Resigns Amid Quota Discrepancy Row: Report

Union Public Service Fee (UPSC) chairman Manoj Soni has tendered resignation citing private causes. Soni’s resignation information got here amid the examination fee dealing with critical criticism for its negligence in deciding on candidates who misrepresented their caste, earnings and bodily incapacity quotas for choice within the civil companies. Soni’s tenure was supposed to finish in 2029 however he resigned 5 years earlier than the deadline.

“UPSC chairman Manoj Soni tenders resignation on account of private causes. His resignation has not been accepted but,” reported ANI citing Division of Personnel and Coaching (DoPT) sources. Manoj Soni took cost as the us chairman in 2023. He had joined the us as a member in 2017. If experiences are to be believed, Soni resigned nearly a month in the past, approach earlier than the Puja Khedkar controversy. 

As per experiences, Soni, who acquired diksha or initiation from the Swaminarayan Sec in 2020, needs to dedicate extra time to the sect’s Gujarat department Anoopam Mission. Manoj Soni is taken into account near Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Because the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Modi had appointed Soni as Vice Chancellor of MS College of Vadodara in 2005.

Since Soni resigned a month again, his resignation is just not linked to the latest faux certificates controversy that erupted after Trainee IAS Puja Khedkar shot into the limelight for allegedly demanding VIP privilege. Khedkar can be accused of faking her OBC earnings and incapacity certificates. Yesterday, UPSC filed an FIR in opposition to her terming her ‘Fraud IAS’. The Puja Khedkar controversy led to social media customers stating discrepencies within the choice of a number of IAS and IPS officers who allegedly fooled the us utilizing faux EWS, OBC and SC certificates.



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