Bhubaneswar: Targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Odisha over police recruitments, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Saturday sought to know when the Combined Police Service Examination will be held.
While one batch of sub-inspectors has completed training and received appointments, thousands of aspirants remain in uncertainty due to the paper leak, Naveen, who is also the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Odisha Assembly, said in a post on X.
On Friday, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi took salute at the convocation of the 13th batch of SI officers at Biju Patnaik State Police Academy in Bhubaneswar, the BJD chief mentioned, and pointed out that the appointment process for these 336 officers, who completed two years of training, was initiated during the BJD government.
“I extend my best wishes to all newly appointed officers. Let everyone work with firm resolve to strengthen the judicial system along with serving the people,” he said.
The BJD supremo accused the BJP government of seeking to take undue credit without doing anything. “The most ironic aspect is that the BJP government is now seeking to take undue credit without doing anything. First, the government should clarify: When will the Combined Police Service Exam, which was cancelled in 2025 due to question paper leak, be held? When will the culprits involved in the sale and leak of question papers receive strict punishment?” he asked.
Naveen alleged the government has wasted nearly a year for thousands of aspirants. “The BJP government has wasted nearly a year of time for thousands of young men and women aspirants.
The incompetence of the double-engine government has disappointed Odisha’s youth. It has pushed the dreams and futures of aspirants into uncertainty,” he said
This delay is weakening their self-confidence. It is also damaging public trust in impartiality and transparency of government recruitment. The government should immediately reorganise the exam and issue a notification. People of Odisha are no longer willing to listen to empty rhetoric; they are preparing to give a fitting response,” the LoP added.