Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday slammed the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh for its handling of the protest by UPPSC exam aspirants in Prayagraj and failure to properly organise the exams.The protest by aspirants against the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission’s (UPPSC) decision to conduct the Review Officer and Assistant Review Officer (RO-ARO) and Provincial Civil Service (PCS) preliminary examinations on different dates entered its fourth day on Thursday. They have been holding the protest outside the Commission headquarters in Prayagraj.
Later on Thursday, the UPPSC postponed the RO-ARO exam and announced that it would hold the PCS exam in the old pattern in a single day. The commission also announced that it would form a committee on RO-ARO exam to ensure its transparency and fairness.
Referring to the protest, Yadav said, “Those who talk about ‘One Nation, One Election’ cannot even manage exams for students on a single day.”
Yadav, who expressed solidarity with the protesters but refrained from joining the protest to avoid accusations of politicisation, attacked the BJP government for its inability to ensure smooth conduct of competitive exams in the state.
“This is the same government that promotes ‘One Nation, One Election’ but, in Uttar Pradesh, they cannot even manage to conduct exams for our youngsters,” he said.