India, July 13 -- Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday put on hold the process to appoint successful candidates of the group 2 and patwari recruitment examination results after candidates and opposition parties protested against alleged irregularities across Madhya Pradesh on Thursday.

"Doubts are being expressed on the results of one centre in the Group 2 Sub Group 4 and patwari recruitment examination results. I am stopping the appointments made on the basis of this examination and the centre's result will be re-examined," Chouhan said in a post on Twitter.

Around 1.4 million students appeared for the examination conducted between March 15 to April 26, the results of which were announced on June 30.

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