Speaking exclusively to The Quint, ‘whistleblower’ Ashish Chaturvedi, who uncovered the Vyapam Scam – the sinister power game corrupting the professional education system of Madhya Pradesh in 2013 – said that people from both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were involved in it.
Social activist Ashish Chaturvedi, who for years has been fighting against the Vyapam scam, said no leader is willing to raise the issue that had infected the roots of MP’s higher education system.
Both the Congress and BJP are involved in this scam. This is why leaders of both the parties have constantly avoided speaking about any issue related to the scam. The reason why the perpetrators have gone unpunished is because all of the accused are high profile and have links with people of higher ranks, political organisations, and judiciary.Ashish Chaturvedi, Social Activist, MP
Chaturvedi said he got doubtful when the doctors who were treating his mother for cancer, told him that the profession has been infiltrated by a ‘mafia’ who was selling seats to their own people.
I also happened to meet a boy who was a swayam sevak in the Sangh (RSS). He told me he was a topper in the 2009 batch. He told me proudly ‘Ashish ji, there were robbers so far, and now a mafia has taken over.’Ashish Chaturvedi, Social Activist, MP
He further said, “Those who are leading the Sangh (RSS) have somewhere forgotten the principles of the Sangh. Or it is a certain group that supports people who do politics of corruption for financial gains. Those are the ones who opposed my work tried to humiliate me.”
Chaturvedi is still unemployed and uses a bicycle because he cant afford to use other transport. Even his security guards have to use a cycle to keep with him.
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