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Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) will conduct the preliminary examination in a day, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said on Thursday. The decision came after several candidates protested outside the UPPSC office in Prayagraj demanding that the PCS and RO/ARO exams be conducted on one day and in one shift.
UPPSC Secretary Ashok Kumar met the protesting students on Thursday. Later the CMO informed that a committee was constituted by the Commission for the RO/ARO preliminary examination. “The committee will consider all aspects and submit its detailed report soon,” ANI quoted the CMO as saying.
The CMO statement further said that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took cognizance of the demand of the students in Prayagraj and asked the Commission to take necessary decisions regarding the PCS Preliminary Exam 2024 by communicating and coordinating with the students.
A video shared by ANI showed heavy police deployment as a large number of candidates gathered at the protest site on Thursday. He demanded implementation of ‘single day, single sheet’ examination in Prayagraj.
Rahul Gandhi’s reaction
Earlier in the day, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took to social media to criticize the Uttar Pradesh government’s attitude towards competitive exam aspirants, calling it “insensitive”.
“The attitude of the UP government and the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission towards the competitive students in Prayagraj is extremely insensitive and unfortunate,” Gandhi posted on Instagram.
“A non-transparent system in the name of normalization is unacceptable and the students’ demand for exams in one shift is absolutely justified,” Gandhi said.
Responding to the protests in Prayagraj, Gandhi said, “Students who were ‘studying’ have been forced to ‘fight’ on the streets and are now being harassed by the police.”
He said, “We will not accept this injustice against those youth who are studying away from home to fulfill the dreams of themselves and their families.”
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