NEW DELHI: A hundred student activists and civil services aspirants were rounded up by police on Monday morning when they tried to march towards Parliament demanding changes in theUnion Public Services Commission examination pattern. Police resorted to a mild cane charge when they tried to climb over barricades. They were released by evening, police said.
A group of 500 led by a student organization demonstrated at Jantar Mantar demanding change in the UPSC examination format. The protestors were demanding three extra chances in the UPSC entrance examinations, a review of the examination pattern, and inclusion of certain subjects in the syllabus which were dropped this year.
The students demanded a three-year age limit relaxation be provided and that the government take steps to stop discrimination against candidates from regional and rural backgrounds.
The protests grew violent when students tried to breach a police barricade near Parliament where the winter session is currently in progress. Police had to resort to a mild cane charge in which a few were injured. "We have detained some of them for trying to enter a protected area, but they were released in the evening," DCP (New Delhi) S B S Tyagi said.
He added that the area being protected by the central forces is a high security zone and any attempt by protesters to reach the gates is to be stopped a kilometre away. The students who suffered injuries were taken to a local hospital where they were treated and discharged immediately.
According to a spokesperson of the student's body 'Fight UPSC', this is their ninth protest on the issue and it has been raised in special attention motion in both the houses.
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