Rural Development Minister Eshwar Khandre has urged CM D.K. Shivakumar to replace the state’s public service commission with a UPSC-style model, citing decades of corruption, paper leaks, and broken trust. Since 1998, KPSC has faced repeated scandals; the latest involving veterinary officer recruitments; and now, investigators are digging into financial transactions and manipulation allegations. Khandre argues that fixing one scam at a time isn’t enough; the system itself needs rebuilding. For lakhs of aspirants spending years preparing, transparency isn’t optional; it’s the foundation. If KPSC goes, what replaces it could redefine how Karnataka hires its future bureaucrats.