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News18•21-09-2026, 20:00
YSRCP Protests Mega DSC 2025 Recruitment, Demands CBI Probe
  • •YSRCP leaders protested in Amaravati, demanding a CBI investigation into alleged irregularities in the Mega DSC-2025 teacher recruitment process.
  • •Concerns were specifically raised regarding sports quota recruitments, with calls for Education Minister Nara Lokesh's resignation.
  • •Protesters alleged police lathi-charged and detained activists during a peaceful sit-in against alleged corruption in the recruitment of 16,000 government teachers.
  • •YSRCP claimed TDP-linked individuals attacked their activists at SAAP premises, causing injuries.
  • •Minister Nara Lokesh accused YSRCP of attacking meritorious sports quota teachers and vowed action against those involved, criticizing Jagan's alleged 'criminal mindset'.

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YSRCP leaders and cadres staged a protest near the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh office demanding a CBI investigation into alleged irregularities in the Mega DSC-2025 teacher recruitment process and the resignation of Education Minister Nara Lokesh.

Police resorted to a lathi-charge to disperse the protesters and detained several YSRCP leaders and activists. Meanwhile, Education Minister Nara Lokesh accused YSRCP of inciting criminal elements to attack merit-based teachers and vowed to take strict action against those involved.

The opposition party focused its concerns primarily on the sports quota recruitments within the 2025 District Selection Committee examination, which recruited nearly 16,000 government teachers.