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UPSC must postpone prelim exams: AAP

| | Jul 27, 2014, at 04:41 am
New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS): Amid recent protests by students over the Civil Service Aptitude Test (CSAT), Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday demanded the postponement of the preliminary examination for the civil services.

"UPSC must postpone prelim exams & restore its credibility," the party tweeted on Saturday.

Earlier on Thursday evening they resorted to arson targetting public transport and police vans besides stone pelting. They had blocked the Outer Ring Road near Wazirabad too.

Heavy police contingents have been posted since the clash.

The aspirants demanded scrapping of C-SAT (Aptitude Test) for the UPSC  exam besides inclusion of Hindi as language.

The Centre earlier had said it has formed a  three- Member Committee  to look into the controversy  Civil Services Examination conducted by the UPSC as  aspirants protest the changes made in the examination pattern. 

Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh  told the Lok Sabha last week: "The  Government is fully aware of the issue and is taking a sympathetic view of the same. We appeal to the students not to cause unnecessary physical and mental agony to themselves, as the Government is already pursuing their cause in right earnest."

"The Government has constituted a three Member Committee to look into their grievances and put forward its suggestions. We are writing to the Committee to expedite the process and furnish its report at the earliest, considering the urgency of the matter," the Minister said.

Singh urged students to end their protest and 'resume their normal routine'.

The prelims entrance exam is scheduled to take place on Aug 24.

The upper house of Parliament had to be adjourned over an uproar over the UPSC exam row on Friday.

Lawmakers in both houses created a ruckus over the issue after hundreds of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) aspirants resorted to violent protest in Delhi over the Civil Services Aptitude Test for UPSC exams demanding its withdrawal since they claimed it to be favouring those who studied in English.

Members of RJD and Samajwadi Party created uproar and demanded discussion on the issue.
 

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