Police have lathicharged the students protesting outside the office of UP Public Service Commission in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.
The protests stem from the UPPSC’s recent decision to conduct the PCS-2024 preliminary exam on 7-8 December and the RO-ARO 2024 preliminary exam on 22-23 December, instead of holding them on a single day as students had expected.
This decision comes on the heels of a scandal involving a leaked RO/ARO 2023 exam paper, which forced the cancellation of that test and has further shaken students’ faith in the examination process.
The students are demanding that the Provincial Civil Services (PCS) and Review Officer/Assistant Review Officer (RO/ARO) exams be held on the same day. The students said holding these exams on separate dates causes unnecessary confusion and logistical inconvenience.
The protest of the candidates, which started around 11 am on Monday, continued for hours.
Candidates are also protesting against the implementation of normalization system. The candidates demand that the examination should be conducted on one day and in one shift.
Candidates say that no new rule can be brought after the notification. They said that the protest will continue till the demands are not met.
According to the protesting students, the commission had said in the notification that the examination will be conducted on a single day. According to the rules, the examination should be conducted as per the notification.
Prashant Pandey, media in-charge of the Competitive Students Struggle Committee, explained that the exams were initially scheduled for a single day under the original recruitment notification.
However, the UPPSC’s decision to change the format and implement a normalisation process has sparked widespread dissatisfaction among students, who feel the revised structure undermines fairness and transparency.
Akhilesh condemns lathi-charge
Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and President of Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav has also supported these students and alleged that BJP's recruitment is just a sham.
Taking to social media, Yadav posted on X, “Today’s youth say, we don’t want the BJP!” He went on to call the BJP government “anti-youth”, adding, “The BJP’s brutal lathi charge on female students is reprehensible. When students merely raised concerns over the unfair practices in UPPSC, the corrupt BJP government responded with violence. Jobs are clearly not on BJP's agenda. We stand with the youth.”
(PRAKASH KUMAR PANDEY)
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