Intensifying their movement against the Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) Civil Service Aptitude Test (CSAT) to the next level, four students have been sitting on a fast-unto-death since Wednesday. However, all their parameters have been within normal range in a recent medical examination done on Saturday.
The four students, Ajit Kumar Trivedi, lokpati Tripathi, Mukesh Rai and Ushapati Tripathi, are aspirants of the Civil Services who have been fasting in order to put pressure on the Government to scrap CSAT.
“We talked to Venkaiah Naidu on June 18 this year and he asked for two days time but later he did not respond. After that on June 27 we protested at Race Course and Parliament Street and then we were told that the PMO is considering our issue but again we were ignored,” said Trivedi.
Rai added that on July 6 they observed a 24-hour fast and started an indefinite fast from July 9. “The fast came to an end on July16 after MP Manoj Tiwari asked for 15 days time and assured us a concrete solution for the problem. However, on July 24, UPSC issued admit cards for the examination.”
While the Government hasn’t yet taken a definitive action in this matter, aspirants are awaiting the formation of the proposed three-member Arvind Verma Committee. The committee will look into this matter and is likely to come up in three-four days. Aspirants are hopeful that the UPSC Civil Services 2014 exam scheduled for August 24 will be postponed by the committee.