Punjab Public Service Commission recruitment under fraud cloud as BJP, Congress demand CBI probe

Neeraj Bali Chandigarh, Nov 11 (UNI) Allegations of large-scale irregularities in Punjab's civil services recruitment intensified on Wednesday, with the BJP and Congress demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into claims of manipulated exam results, favouritism, and questionable shortlisting patterns, even as the state recruitment commission rejected the charges. The controversy centres on the Punjab Public Service Commission's (PPSC) November 4 results for the Punjab State Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination-2025 mains, in which 751 candidates were shortlisted for interviews against 331 advertised vacancies. Opposition leaders and unsuccessful candidates have questioned why unusually large numbers of candidates from…