UPPSC exam row: People have rejected 'communal' BJP, its leaders hiding in houses, says Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav criticizes BJP for lack of job creation, while Mayawati emphasizes need for fair exams and recruitment.

People are out on the streets because they have rejected the BJP, which kept them preoccupied with the struggle for livelihood so that it could carry out its communal politics, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.

“Jobs will only be created when the BJP is ousted,” he said.

Mr. Yadav's remarks come amid protests by aspirants in Prayagraj over the decision of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) to conduct the Review Officer (RO) and Assistant Review Officer (ARO) and Provincial Civil Service (PCS) preliminary exams on different dates.

"If the BJP had governed with the same intensity with which it is running the bulldozer of injustice, today its members wouldn't have to hide in their homes, fearing the anger of students," he said.

"For years, either vacancies are not released, or the examination process is delayed. The BJP has distracted students from their studies and forced them to protest in the streets," the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister wrote in a post on X.

Aspirants laid siege to the UPPSC headquarters in Prayagraj on Monday (November 11), even as a large posse of police personnel tried to disperse them.

Policemen deployed in and around the office tried to stop the students from reaching gate number two but the large crowd jostled its way through, raising slogans against the Commission.