YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) MPs on Thursday, 23 July moved motions in both Houses of Parliament demanding an urgent discussion on alleged irregularities in the Mega District Selection Committee (DSC) 2025 recruitment process for over 16,000 teacher posts in Andhra Pradesh. The party says the controversy has placed the futures of more than 3.5 lakh teacher aspirants at serious risk.

Motions Filed in Both Houses

Tirupati MP Maddila Gurumoorthy submitted an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha, while Rajya Sabha MP and YSRCP Parliamentary Party Leader Y.V. Subba Reddy filed a notice under Rule 267 in the upper house. Subba Reddy drew a pointed comparison to the NEET controversy, noting that Parliament had deliberated at length on issues affecting more than 22.79 lakh NEET aspirants — and arguing that the concerns of 3.5 lakh Mega DSC candidates deserved equal national scrutiny.

Key Allegations Raised by YSRCP

According to a party statement, the MPs flagged a range of procedural violations in the Mega DSC process, including:

— Confidential recruitment work handled by outsourced personnel
— Non-publication of merit lists and roster lists
— Exclusion of candidates following certificate verification
— Midstream changes to the Sports Quota policy
— Concerns over a potential paper leak
— Allegations of recruitment-for-money arrangements

The MPs urged the Union government to order a time-bound independent investigation, preserve digital evidence, protect genuine candidates, and introduce systemic reforms to ensure fairness in public recruitment examinations.

Jagan Reddy Had Earlier Sought CBI Probe

The parliamentary push follows a demand last month by former Chief Minister and YSRCP President Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the alleged large-scale irregularities. Reddy claimed the facts emerging from the Mega DSC process were 'extremely shocking' and alleged that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's government had 'betrayed the trust of lakhs of candidates through scams, severely damaging the lives of talented aspirants.' He further alleged that 'such a disastrous recruitment process was never witnessed anywhere.'

Broader Stakes: Credibility of Public Institutions

Subba Reddy framed the issue as one touching on 'the future of educated unemployed youth, the credibility of public institutions and equality in public employment' — language that deliberately elevates the Mega DSC controversy beyond a state-level administrative dispute. This comes amid a wider national conversation about examination integrity, triggered by controversies in competitive recruitment and entrance tests across several states. Whether the Centre agrees to take up the matter formally in Parliament remains to be seen.