Punjab PCS exam results trigger political row as BJP, Congress demand probe into alleged irregularities

Neeraj Bali Chandigarh, Nov 5 (UNI) Punjab's civil services mains examination results have triggered a political controversy, with the BJP and Congress accusing Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's government of failing to ensure transparency in recruitment and demanding an independent investigation into alleged irregularities in the shortlisting of candidates. Punjab Congress president Pargat Singh, former state BJP chief Sunil Jakhar and BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu, a former union minister, questioned the unusually high number of shortlisted candidates from certain examination rooms, clusters of consecutive roll numbers and allegations that absent candidates had figured on the selection list. The Punjab Public…