Thousands of Staff Selection Commission (SSC) aspirants took to the streets on Wednesday. The group demanded justice and protested for the alleged paper leak of the SSC exams.
Assembling at Lodhi Estate in New Delhi the protesters chanted slogans and demanded the CBI investigate the paper leak. The issue began on Tuesday when thousands of students demanded justice for what they termed as mass cheating.
On the 24th of February the SSC Board released a notice that stated the exam held on 21st February would be re administered citing technical reasons. According to the SSC Chairman Ashim Khurana the protests were being “instigated and sponsored by two coaching institutes with vested interests.”
Khurana said, “It has been brought to the notice of the Commission that the present agitation going on since yesterday near the Office of the Commission by some candidates of CGLE (Tier II) 2017, is being actively instigated and sponsored by two Coaching Institutes with vested interests.” said Khurana.
On Tuesday, the Chairman met the representatives of the agitated groups and asked for substantial evidence to their claims.
Students have taken to Twitter to show their anger and protest. The students cry for help in their tweets stated the re exam was unfair to the hardworking ones.
