Pressure mounts on Uttarakhand govt to take tough steps against corruption

On July 22 this year, the police started investigation into the alleged paper leak for class III government jobs through the Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UKSSSC)

Corruption scandals have bedevilled the state since Uttarakhand was born on November 9, 2000.

In the first five-year tenure of the Congress government headed by N D Tiwari (2002-07), 60 scandals were reported. A commission of inquiry headed by Justice B C Kandpal (retired) was set up by his successor, B C Khanduri.

In 2012, when the Congress returned to power, it set up the K L Bhati (a retired IAS officer) commission to inquire into the scandals of the previous BJP government, when Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank was chief minister. The sub-inspector recruitment scam of 2002 is still pending in the sessions