AIEEA candidate charges Agri dept of corruption

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Aug 11

Official at the agriculture “intentionally re-wrote” the subject course of a student and excluded the candidate from the merit list in the recent examination of All India Entrance Examination Admission (AIEEA) 2017 under Indian Council of Agricultural Research held on June 10.

Assistant secretary general, Democratic Students Alliance of Manipur, Sheetal Oinam said during a press meet today at its temporary head office located at Sagolband Moirang Leirak.

Sheetal said after passing AIEEA, students can get admission for studying at five different degree courses in agriculture under state quota. 

He said Sonia Yenkokpam daughter of Y. Somendro form Top Awang Leikai bearing roll number 1601109 who appeared in the recent examination of AIEEA for B.Sc. community science was not in the merit list of the results declared on July 22. From this year the score card of all candidates who appeared the examination were published on its official website, he added.

Sonia said as her mark score was more than the one who was selected in the second position for the course under unreserved seat. Sonia put an application seeking re-check of her results to the director, department of agriculture. When she checked her application form on July 27 the course of study was found changed into B.Sc. agriculture instead of B.Sc. community science after erasing with ink remover.

When a team of DESAM volunteers along with Sonia and her guardians investigated regarding the issue on August 7, there were two committees, one is Merit Preparatory Committee having six members and another is Selection Committee having three members including one from the government.

In the investigation DESAM also found the course that she had selected was rewritten into B.Sc. Agriculture by erasing with ink remover.

DESAM warned, the culprits must clarify within three days which has over yesterday. Sheetal said an enquiring committee must form to investigate the matter at the earliest and Sonia must put in the selection list as she is qualified according to her marks. Enquiry committee must find out the culprits at the earliest and must take legal action against the culprits, Sheetal claimed.