A large number of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) activists held a protest at Jantar Mantar here against the issuing of admit card by the Union Public Service Commission. They sought the immediate scrapping of the Civil Services Aptitude Tests (CSAT).
The protesters were also joined by Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh on Saturday.
The NSUI leaders charged that the Centre made a U-turn on the critical issue.
“The students have been continually protesting against the format of CSAT examinations in UPSC for nearly two months now, which clearly gives undue advantage to students belonging to the Hindi medium and other regional languages,” the NSUI added.
Stating that in the wake of the widespread agitation, the Central Government had promised in Parliament that that their demands will be looked into and assured students that they will not be disadvantaged, the students body of the Congress added: “However, on July 24, the UPSC issued e-admit cards for the forthcoming Preliminary examinations, which led to another round of widespread protests and anger. This just reflects the dual face of the BJP leadership — they make false promises on the pretext of gaining populism and then make an about-turn.”
The NSUI has threatened to continue the protest against the UPSC’s decision.
