Rahul Gandhi’s Indore Event Lies, Fact-Checked Live, ONLY ON JHOOTH KI GOONJ. 🚨 Lie No. 1: “In all the recruitment drives conducted by the MP Public Service Commission over the past eight years, 13% of the posts have been kept on hold. 4.87 lakh posts are pending because of this.” Verdict: FALSE Reality: The 87:13 formula has not been in operation for eight years. The relevant Madhya Pradesh General Administration Department circular was issued on 29 September 2022, just four years ago. Therefore, it could not have affected “all recruitment drives” conducted over the preceding eight years. The dispute began after the Kamal Nath-led Congress government increased OBC reservation from 14% to 27% in 2019, leading to litigation over the quota’s constitutional validity. The Congress government issued the notification without fully accounting for the resulting legal complications. The formula did not stop recruitment altogether. Appointments proceeded against 87% of the advertised vacancies. Nor were the remaining 13% of posts simply “cancelled.” Separate provisional lists of OBC and unreserved candidates were prepared so that appointments could be made in accordance with the eventual court ruling. In January 2025, the Madhya Pradesh High Court upheld the 87:13 arrangement as an interim mechanism, allowing recruitment to continue while protecting the claims of both sets of candidates. Reports have estimated that approximately 10,000 posts across multiple Madhya Pradesh government recruitments were affected by the formula. That is not the same as 4.87 lakh MPPSC posts.