CSAT row may disrupt U.P. PCS exam schedule

July 30, 2014 11:21 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 06:56 pm IST - LUCKNOW:

The ongoing controversy over UPSC’s CSAT format for the prestigious IAS examination might now impact the schedule for the U.P. Public Service Commission (UPPSC)’s Provincial Civil Services (PCS) exam with leading political parties, including the ruling Samajwadi Party, demanding its postponement till the matter is resolved in New Delhi.

Students, mainly from northern states, who have been staging protests have urged Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to ensure that the PCS exams that are to be held from August 3 are deferred till the CSAT issue is resolved. They have urged the former U.P. Chief Minister to impress upon UPPSC on the issue as their preparations for the exam have been hit by ongoing protests in Delhi and also in some cities in UP. It is learnt that Mr. Yadav has assured the students that he would take up the matter with the UPPSC officials.

The BJP’s state unit has also written to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav demanding that the exam be postponed. In his letter to the Chief Minister, U.P. BJP president Laxmikant Bajpai said the state government needed to play an active role in the matter as the UPPSC has also introduced a pattern similar to CSAT in the PCS exam.

However, the Samajwadi Party has told the BJP that instead of asking the State government anything on the issue, it should ask the BJP-led coalition government run by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Centre to immediately resolve the issue which was affecting the lives of several students from U.P. and other Hindi-speaking States.

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