UPPSC 2024 - UP Deputy CM Directs Officials: “To Find A Quick Solution…”

Aspirants are protesting against the UPPSC decision to conduct the RO-ARO and PCS preliminary examinations on different days and staged a sit-in and a large force of police personnel tried to disperse the agitators.

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UPPSC 2024 - UP Deputy CM Directs Officials: “To Find A Quick Solution…”

UPPSC 2024: UP Dpty CM Directs Officials... 'To Find A Quick Solution'

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.

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.

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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.