LUCKNOW: Breaking his silence on the controversy surrounding his selection as an assistant professor at Siddharth University, Kapilvastu, under the economically weaker section (EWS) quota, Arun Dwivedi, brother of basic education minister Satish Dwivedi, said the EWS certificate was issued to him as he fulfilled the criteria. “I was jobless for the last one-and-a-half years, no one asked how a minister’s brother is without a job. Within two days of getting a job offer, there is so much controversy. All this is because the minister belongs to our family,” Dwivedi told local media persons on Tuesday. Speaking on EWS certificate, Dwivedi said, “We come from the family of farmers. EWS certificate is like an income certificate and is not permanent. It is made according to government rules. It was issued to me because I fulfilled the criteria.” “When I applied for the post of teacher in Siddharth University and Gorakhpur University in 2016, nobody knew that my brother would become an MLA or a minister. Both of us were struggling but no one would see that side of the story. I am struggling even now due to this controversy,” he said. Dwivedi said he worked as a research fellow in DRDO for three years and then as an assistant professor on contract basis for six months. “I then went to Banasthali Vidyapeeth (BV) in Rajasthan. There too, my job was temporary. I resigned from BV in July 2020 and returned to my village,” he said. Dwivedi said it was an honour for his family that his brother was a minister. “But he does not bear the expenses of my family. In future too, he will not be responsible for my livelihood. The controversy has come only because I am his brother,” he said.