Many Officers Appointed Through UPSC are “Dacoits”, claims Union Minister Bisheswar Tudu

GG News Bureau

Balasore (Odisha), 10th April. Bisheswar Tudu, a senior BJP leader and central minister, has sparked outrage by claiming that many of the officers appointed through the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) are “dacoits.”

He claimed that while a “chicken thief” can be punished, a mineral mafia official cannot be touched because the system protects him.

The remarks were made by the union minister of state for tribal affairs and jalshakti while speaking as the chief guest at the golden jubilee function of a government school in Baliapal, Balasore district.

In a viral video, he is heard making the contentious statement. The authenticity of the video clip could not be confirmed by news agency PTI.

“I had an idea that those who are appointed through UPSC … they are the most knowledgeable persons and are always in high positions. But now, I feel that most of those who have qualified from there perhaps are dacoits. I do not say 100 per cent, but many of them are dacoits,” Tudu claimed.

The UPSC is the country’s premier central recruitment commission, acting as an independent body in the appointment of top government officials.

The minister, an Odisha MP, stated that the UPSC office is just behind his residence in Delhi and that he used to have high regard for it, but that has now changed.

Tudu also asked during his speech: “Why is our society engulfed in corruption and injustice if such educated people are there?” “It is because of lack of morality in our education system. Lack of spiritual education and thoughts among us.”

In 2021, the minister sparked controversy by accusing state government officials of misbehaving with him in his Mayurbhanj constituency.