NEW DELHI: Several lawmakers on Thursday expressed unity with UPSC aspirants challenging yet one more try to crack the civil services and products exam claiming they were suffering from abrupt adjustments in laws between 2011 and 2015. Cutting across birthday party traces, the participants of Parliament said it used to be harsh on the a part of the federal government to deny the aspirants yet one more chance to look within the exam.
Around 100 UPSC aspirants on Wednesday held a protest at Parliament Street in Delhi, in quest of compensatory makes an attempt regardless of their age or category.
In 2011, the Union Public Service Commission introduced CSAT, which prompt an outrage amongst scholars from Hindi and humanities background as they felt that it will impact those that weren't from English, Maths and Science backgrounds.
CPI(M) common secretary Sitaram Yechury, who led MPs in expressing unity with aspirants suffering from the adjustments, said they have got raised the issue a number of instances and written to the federal government however the reaction has been "callous".
He said UPSC laws were changed prior to now too - in 1979 and in 1992 - and on each the events, aspirants suffering from the adjustments were allowed to look for the exam held under the new laws.
"I think this is inhuman because these youngsters are the future of our country. If these youngsters are denied the opportunity then you are having an elitist bias and promoting regional imbalances. We want the government to reconsider this and give these aspirants another chance," Yechury said.
CPI chief D Raja claimed institutions comparable to UPSC and UGC are being undermined through the federal government.
"We are here to express solidarity with their demands and campaign... The government's attitude remains very insensitive. This government talks about cooperative federalism but there is neither cooperation nor federalism. I urge the government to reconsider its decision," he said.
He additionally proposed that the scholars must submit a recent memorandum to the minister involved and the top minister.
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Manoj Jha, DMK chief T Ok S Elangovan and Congress chief B Ok Hariprasad additionally expressed unity with the demands of the U.S. aspirants and said they must be given any other chance.
One of the aspirants, Pradeep, said scholars were hit through the sudden adjustments through the U.S. within the exam pattern between 2011 and 2015.
Arun S Nigavekar Committee set up through the the Commission and UPSC's own annual report have highlighted that "due to CSAT, selection of students from regional languages and from humanities background has declined during 2011-2014", he said.
The CSAT paper used to be competitive in nature all over the 2011-14 duration.
"In 2015, UPSC made the CSAT qualifying in nature. Because of these frequent changes in exam pattern and discriminatory nature of CSAT we lost many precious attempts to appear in the exam during this period. We demand due justice from the government. We are not asking for any job, rather we want a chance to compete," he said.
Students who seemed between 2011 and 2014 demand they be compensated with yet one more chance as they lost out as a result of the adjustments.
Around 100 UPSC aspirants on Wednesday held a protest at Parliament Street in Delhi, in quest of compensatory makes an attempt regardless of their age or category.
In 2011, the Union Public Service Commission introduced CSAT, which prompt an outrage amongst scholars from Hindi and humanities background as they felt that it will impact those that weren't from English, Maths and Science backgrounds.
CPI(M) common secretary Sitaram Yechury, who led MPs in expressing unity with aspirants suffering from the adjustments, said they have got raised the issue a number of instances and written to the federal government however the reaction has been "callous".
He said UPSC laws were changed prior to now too - in 1979 and in 1992 - and on each the events, aspirants suffering from the adjustments were allowed to look for the exam held under the new laws.
"I think this is inhuman because these youngsters are the future of our country. If these youngsters are denied the opportunity then you are having an elitist bias and promoting regional imbalances. We want the government to reconsider this and give these aspirants another chance," Yechury said.
CPI chief D Raja claimed institutions comparable to UPSC and UGC are being undermined through the federal government.
"We are here to express solidarity with their demands and campaign... The government's attitude remains very insensitive. This government talks about cooperative federalism but there is neither cooperation nor federalism. I urge the government to reconsider its decision," he said.
He additionally proposed that the scholars must submit a recent memorandum to the minister involved and the top minister.
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Manoj Jha, DMK chief T Ok S Elangovan and Congress chief B Ok Hariprasad additionally expressed unity with the demands of the U.S. aspirants and said they must be given any other chance.
One of the aspirants, Pradeep, said scholars were hit through the sudden adjustments through the U.S. within the exam pattern between 2011 and 2015.
Arun S Nigavekar Committee set up through the the Commission and UPSC's own annual report have highlighted that "due to CSAT, selection of students from regional languages and from humanities background has declined during 2011-2014", he said.
The CSAT paper used to be competitive in nature all over the 2011-14 duration.
"In 2015, UPSC made the CSAT qualifying in nature. Because of these frequent changes in exam pattern and discriminatory nature of CSAT we lost many precious attempts to appear in the exam during this period. We demand due justice from the government. We are not asking for any job, rather we want a chance to compete," he said.
Students who seemed between 2011 and 2014 demand they be compensated with yet one more chance as they lost out as a result of the adjustments.
UPSC aspirants affected by changes in rules be given one more attempt, say MPs
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