No government jobs in Uttar Pradesh for protesters ‘involved in regime change through violence’

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Uttar Pradesh has revised character-verification guidelines that could bar people involved in violent attempts at regime change from government jobs. The government says political ideology alone cannot disqualify applicants, and the rules also cover public corporations, boards, and local bodies.

The revised guidelines will apply to character verification in government departments, public sector corporations, boards and urban and rural local bodies; the government added, however, that political ideology alone cannot be grounds for disqualification