Hundreds of civil service aspirants on Monday protested outside Parliament House, demanding changes in the examination pattern of the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC).
The incident was reported around 1 pm when the Parliament was in Session and all the MPs and Ministers were inside the building. Without informing any security agency, the protesters gathered at the North Fountain in Vijay Chowk. New Delhi District Police was not aware of the protest location as many police personnel were deployed at Jantar Mantar to cater to other protests. However, later 200 students were detained who were held at the Parliament Street Police Station till late in the evening.
The protesters started arriving around 11.30 am at the India Gate. At 1 pm, around 250 protesters gathered at the Media Center of the Parliament house from where they marched towards the North Fountain in Vijay Chowk. After reaching in front of the main entrance of the Parliament, the protesters shouted slogans; and demanded 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.