Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) tells Supreme Court that it’s impossible to defer Civil Services exams any further. UPSC asked to file an affidavit by tomorrow. Supreme Court was hearing a plea filed by UPSC aspirants, seeking postponement of the upcoming Civil Services (prelims) Exam 2020.
20 civil services aspirants had approached the Supreme Court, seeking the crucial exam to be deferred by two to three months due to the flood situation in several parts of the country as well as COVID-19.
The petitioners hailing from various parts of the country have told the Court that holding exams in the present circumstances will pose a risk to the health and safety of candidates. About six lakh aspirants are expected to appear in the offline 7-hour examination to be conducted at centres across 72 cities in the country.
Meanwhile, the UPSC aspirants are protesting for postponement of the exam on Twitter. #POSTPONE_KARO_UPSC is trending on Twitter with more than 17K tweets.
Have a look at the tweets:
D-DAY ????
LET US ALL PRAY AND HOPE FOR THE JUSTICE TO PREVAIL.YATO DHARMASTATO JAYA
(“Where there is DHARMA,there will be VICTORY!”).#POSTPONE_KARO_UPSC#PostponeUPSC_Prelims pic.twitter.com/wl14hLtp5z— deepti fadte (@Deepti_hope) September 28, 2020
Circumstances and situations are such that @upsc_official really has to alter the dates #POSTPONE_KARO_UPSC pic.twitter.com/M6jFomxWNe
— Chandrashekhar (@Chandra82782236) September 28, 2020
On the birth anniversary of Shaheed we the aspirants are expecting a justice….
Pls do save us from getting infected…@DrJitendraSingh @DoPTGoI @PMOIndia@narendramodi#POSTPONE_KARO_UPSC pic.twitter.com/EI18rpoJsH— UPSC ASPIRANT (@mahalakshmi1713) September 28, 2020
A famous quote by Lord Krishna in Bhagwat Gita –
” If you don’t fight for what you want, Don’t cry for what you lost”.
And we are the fighters, fought for the rights of the people. #POSTPONE_KARO_UPSC #PostponeUPSC_Prelims https://t.co/YG5yDrJdyT— swati bajpai (@swatibajpaiMIH3) September 28, 2020
#POSTPONE_KARO_UPSC
Reasons
1.Corona
2.Infected aspirants
3. warriers
4.flood
5.Transport
6.72 centres
7.Lockdown in various states
8.Mental trauma/job loss
9. Last attempt/age
10.3h gap
11.2nd wave reported
12.Not an academic exam
13. Poor Health infra
14. No time for mains— Postpone upsc pt (@UpscPt) September 28, 2020
#POSTPONE_KARO_UPSC #PostponeUPSC_Prelims
Respected @DrJitendraSingh ji,
Kindly go through the grievances of UPSC aspirants at https://t.co/Tn2qBxIYcNExams in Covid are against Right to equal opportunity sir pic.twitter.com/3YZq6oeLBq
— mahadevan (@mahadev25676309) September 28, 2020
#POSTPONE_KARO_UPSC WE WANT #JUSTICE @DrJitendraSingh @PMOIndia #POSTPONE_KARO_UPSC pic.twitter.com/byMVsLDZym
— Priya Singh (@PriyaSi41865638) September 28, 2020
