Hans News Service Machilipatnam

YSRCP Krishna district president and former minister Perni Venkatramaiah (Nani) on Friday submitted a representation to the Krishna District Joint Collector demanding a CBI inquiry into the alleged irregularities in the Mega DSC–2025 recruitment process. He also demanded the immediate resignation of Education Minister Nara Lokesh, holding him politically and morally responsible for the recruitment process.

Constituency in-charges Simhadri Ramesh Babu, Uppala Ramu, Devabhaktuni Chakravarthi and YSRCP students wing State working president Ravichandra participated in the programme.

Addressing the media later, Perni Nani said the government dismantled the long-standing Sports Quota recruitment system by scrapping GO Nos 74 and 75 and introducing GO Nos 4 and 47 just before the DSC notification. These GOs, he said, removed the mandatory requirements of a degree, TET qualification and the DSC examination for Sports Quota appointments, paving the way for large-scale backdoor recruitment. He stated that participation certificates became sufficient to secure teacher posts and that more than 380 appointments were made under the Sports Quota. According to him, several sports associations issuing these certificates are headed by ruling coalition MPs, MLAs and leaders close to Lokesh, with an unusually high number of certificates emerging from associations such as Judo and Softball.

Perni Nani said genuine national and international medal-winning sportspersons were denied justice while candidates possessing only participation certificates secured appointments. He further questioned why experienced teachers are required to clear TET for career progression while hundreds of Sports Quota appointees were exempted from TET and the DSC examination altogether. Demanding that all appointments made under GO Nos 4 and 47 be cancelled and reviewed, Perni Nani called for a comprehensive CBI investigation into the recruitment process and reiterated that Education Minister Nara Lokesh must resign immediately for destroying the integrity of the education system and betraying unemployed youth.