Opposition pans UP govt as it assigns probe in teachers' recruitment to STF

Mayawati demands CBI probe, Priyanka Vadra terms it as UP's Vyapam scam

A day after the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court reserved its order in the case of appointment of 69,000 assistant basic teachers in Uttar Pradesh, the Adityanath government Tuesday instituted an inquiry by the Special Task Force (STF) of the UP Police in the entire episode.

Monday, a two-judge HC bench comprising Justices P K Jaiswal and D K Singh had concluded the hearing and reserved its order on the petition filed by the UP government challenging the June 3 order of HC judge Alok Mathur, who had stayed the teachers’ selection process and found merit in the argument seeking