Uttar Pradesh authorities cancels constable examination as candidates protest in opposition to query paper leak

The Uttar Pradesh police constable recruitment examination that was held on February 17 and 18 stands cancelled and might be carried out once more inside six months, the state authorities introduced on Saturday.

A complete of 48 lakh candidates had taken the examination to fill 60,244 police constable positions, reported The Indian Categorical. The examinations have been held at 2,370 centres in 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh.

The choice to cancel the examination got here after a whole bunch of candidates held demonstrations within the state capital Lucknow on Friday alleging that the query paper was leaked.

The protesting candidates alleged that the query paper could possibly be purchased at a value between Rs 50,000 and Rs 2 lakh, reported The Occasions of India. They mentioned a few of the candidates had acquired the query paper eight to 12 hours earlier than the examination.

The Uttar Pradesh police recruitment and promotion board on Monday constituted a committee to research the allegations.

On Saturday, the state police additionally registered a case relating to the query paper leak and arrested two males. They have been recognized as Satya Aman Kumar, who had appeared within the examination, and Neeraj, who allegedly supplied the query paper.

After the announcement, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath mentioned in a social media put up that there “might be no compromise with the sanctity of examinations”.

The Bharatiya Janata Get together chief additionally mentioned that “strictest motion” might be taken in opposition to the accused individuals.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi described the choice to cancel the examination as a “large victory for scholar energy and youth unity”.

“The message is evident – irrespective of how a lot the federal government tries to suppress the reality, our rights might be gained solely by combating unitedly,” Gandhi wrote X. “Those that unite will win, those that divide might be crushed.”

Samajwadi Get together chief Akhilesh Yadav mentioned the cancellation of the examination goes on to show that the BJP authorities has accepted the query paper was leaked.

“Now everybody has began to know the reality of the sport that the BJP authorities is taking part in with unemployed younger women and men within the title of jobs,” mentioned the previous Uttar Pradesh chief minister. “Promoting job vacancies only for present, charging charges value billions of rupees, permitting papers to be leaked after which pretending to cancel them. This recreation will show very expensive for BJP this time.”