Prayagraj Students Clash With Police Over UPPSC Exams Schedule Protest
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh: The third day of student protests against the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) continued outside the UPPSC office as a clash between police officers broke out. The students demand that the exams for recruitment to the Provincial Civil Service (PCS) and Review and Assistant Review Officer posts be held in a single shift.
The UPPSC aspirants demand that the Review Officer and Assistant Review Officer (RO-ARO) and Provincial Civil Services (PCS) preliminary exams be conducted on the same day to avoid the risk of paper leaks.
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The public service body had announced that the PCS prelims will be held on December 7 and 8 in two shifts—9:30 am to 11:30 am and then 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. The RO/ARO exam was scheduled to be held in two shifts—December 22 and 23.
Meanwhile, the commission backed its decision to hold exams in shifts, which has been taken for the benefit of the applicants and to uphold the sanctity of exams. It stated that only government- or funded-educational institutions within a radius of 10 km of a bus stand, railway station, or treasury, and with no history of suspicion or blacklisting, are designated as exam centers.
However, the students raise concerns of potential paper leaks. A meeting between protesting students and officials at UPPSC is reportedly underway.
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An FIR was registered against 12 people following incidents of vandalism at the UPPSC headquarters. Senior police officer Abhishek Bharti said that “anti-social elements” had infiltrated the protestors. He added that the police officials have detained them and are taking action.
Taking a jibe at the Yogi Adityanath government, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav questioned if the government would use bulldozers to target student accommodations now. “The rise of the students will be the fall of the BJP,” Yadav said.
