"We had repeatedly exposed that corruption took place in the APSC, including numerous instances of erroneous evaluation of answer scripts. Instead of removing Paul, the state government protected him and put us behind bars," Akhil said. The KMSS had been vocal against "corruption" in the APSC in conducting the civil services examinations for which its leaders, including Akhil Gogoi, was put behind bars by the previous government. We demand Sonowal prove his commitment by removing Rakesh Paul from the chairman's post of the APSC," said Akhil Gogoi, an RTI activist and adviser to the KMSS, while addressing the media here. People voted for the party hoping that under chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal the state will be free of corruption.

Source: The Telegraph June 09, 2016 21:33 UTC