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#1 Submitted by l.n.... on January 2, 2023 - 12:02pm

State Governments in India are corrupt to the core and they choose candidates based on the bribe they get. When questioned, they cry foul. Ideally the post of VC should be merit based, but in reality - they are not - indeed it is sad.

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