An unprecedented number of UPPSC aspirants, including girls, gathered at gate no. 2 outside the UPPSC here in Prayagraj on Monday, demanding the conduct of the Provincial Civil Services (PCS ) prelims and Review Officer and Assistant Review Officer (RO/ARO) examinations in one shift. Students held placards and shouted slogans against normalization.
Police and paramilitary forces were deployed in large numbers, as the administration had been informed about the student agitation in advance.
Interestingly, students used social media to gather in such large numbers against the new exam policy adopted by
The students started gathering at the UPPSC in the morning, and by noon, thousands, including women, marched towards UPPSC Gate no 2.
The presence of senior officials barricading and attempts to pacify them could not yield any results.
Students got into an ‘altercation’ with the police, and the protestors broke the barricade and assembled outside the UPPSC gate.
The Police had to use ‘mild force’ when some students became aggressive and tried to enter the UPPSC.
The students dispersed but soon reassembled. Meanwhile, DCP city Abhishek Bharti denied using force on students and added that the students were protesting peacefully.
The students distributed pamphlets saying “na batenge na hatenge’ and raising anti-government slogans.
Pratiyogi Chhatra Sangharsh Samiti member Prashant Pandey while talking to the media said UPPSC introduced arbitrary changes and is implementing normalization, changing the old examination pattern. The students are demanding that the examinations be conducted in one day/shift.