Mumbai: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra authorities’s resolution to postpone the MPSC exams got here beneath fireplace from the opposition in addition to leaders of the ruling alliance.
Maharashtra Public Service Commission on Thursday (March 11) postponed the preliminary examination for presidency jobs scheduled for March 14 in view of the rising COVID-19 instances within the state.
The Relief and Rehabilitation Department introduced the choice in a round. Earlier the examination was to happen in April final yr however was delayed because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Senior Congress chief Prithviraj Chavan questioned the knowledge of the choice.
Speaking to reporters in Pune, he stated, “If the government can permit weddings, hold budget session and conduct exams for the health department, then it is wrong to cancel the MPSC examination.”
It was an injustice to the candidates, the previous chief minister stated, including, “How much longer they should prepare for MPSC? If the government can allow other events, it should not apply a different yardstick for MPSC.”
BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis demanded that the choice be reversed.
“The exams have been pushed forward already and it would result in the loss of opportunity for many students who invest their best years in preparation,” he tweeted.
Rohit Pawar, NCP MLA and grandson of occasion chief Sharad Pawar, tweeted that the examination may be carried out in a good and protected method.
Meanwhile, a lot of college students took to the streets in lots of cities within the state and created a ruckus to protest in opposition to the federal government’s move. The protests have been seen in Pune, Nagpur, Kolhapur, Aurangabad and Jalgaon. They demanded the exams not be cancelled.
The protests occurred in Navi Peth, Pune and at Sakkardara Chowk in Nagpur. In Kolhapur too, the scholars created a ruckus and demanded the federal government to rethink the choice to postpone the examination.
Numerous college students crowded the Court Chowk in Jalgaon, disrupting the motion of autos. Protests have been additionally carried out at Jyotiba Phule Chowk in Aurangabad.
