Amid the ongoing student protests in Uttar Pradesh against the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission’s decision to conduct exams in a single shift and the police’s heavy-handedness, UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya gave a reaction. While sharing the student’s concerns on social media on X, the Deputy CM directed the UP officials to find a solution to the ongoing issue. “All competent officials should listen to the demands of the students sensitively and find a quick solution.”
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“The concerns of the students regarding more than one-day examination in UP PCS exam, not making private institutions centres and standardization process are serious and important. The students demand that the examinations should be completely fair and transparent so that their hard work is respected and their future is secure”, Maurya wrote on X.
यूपी पीसीएस परीक्षा में एक से अधिक दिन की परीक्षा, निजी संस्थानों को केंद्र न बनाने और मानकीकरण प्रक्रिया को लेकर छात्रों की चिंताएं गंभीर और महत्वपूर्ण हैं। छात्रों की मांग है कि परीक्षाएं पूरी तरह निष्पक्ष और पारदर्शी हों, ताकि उनकी मेहनत का सम्मान हो और भविष्य सुरक्षित रहे।…
— Keshav Prasad Maurya (@kpmaurya1) November 12, 2024
Political parties are criticising the BJP government for using police force against the protesting candidates and raising their voices against the ‘arbitrariness’ of the UPPSC. The Congress gerneral secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the use of ‘lathi charge’ as unfortunate and shared a post on social media X targeting the BJP government.
प्रयागराज में अपनी मांगों को लेकर प्रदर्शन कर रहे छात्रों पर लाठी चार्ज किया जाना दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण है। उत्तर प्रदेश पब्लिक सर्विस कमिशन की मनमानी के ख़िलाफ़ आवाज़ उठा रहे छात्रों की बातों को ध्यान से सुना जाना चाहिए।
यह पहला मौका नहीं है जब भाजपा युवाओं की आवाज़ को इस तरह से दबाने…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) November 12, 2024
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Notably, aspirants are protesting against the UPPSC decision to conduct the RO-ARO and PCS preliminary examinations on different dates and staged a sit-in and a large force of police personnel tried to disperse the agitators. Policemen deployed in and around the UPPSC office tried to stop the students but the large crowd jostled raising slogans against the Commission.