Uproar in Rajya Sabha over UPSC
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS) The upper house of Parliament had to be adjourned twice on Friday after the Opposition created uproar over the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam row.
Lawmakers from Congress, Samajwadi Party and Janata Dal-United raised the issue in Rajya Sabha with Sharad Yadav of JD-U saying the government has not done anything despite assurances to resolve it.
Lawmakers had earlier also created a ruckus over the issue after hundreds of UPSC aspirants resorted to violent protest in Delhi over the Civil Services Aptitude Test for UPSC exams demanding its withdrawal since they claimed it to be favouring those who studied in English.
The aspirants had resorted to arson targetting public transport and police vans besides stone pelting. They had blocked the Outer Ring Road near Wazirabad too earlier.
The aspirants demanded scrapping of C-SAT (Aptitude Test) for the UPSC exam besides inclusion of Hindi as language.
The Centre earlier had said it has formed a three- Member Committee to look into the controversy Civil Services Examination conducted by the UPSC as aspirants protest the changes made in the examination pattern.
The prelims entrance exam is scheduled to take place on Aug 24.
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