PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Uttarkashi
With protests, sparked by the fresh recruitment examination paper leak, continuing across the State, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) and the Uttarakhand Berojgar Sangh (UBS) held demonstrations at the Collectorate premises in Uttarkashi on Wednesday.
Led by UKD’s city president, Surjeet Singh Rana, the party activists along with a large number of unemployed youth took out a rally that originated in the market and culminated at the Collectorate. They raised slogans against the State government. Later, they submitted a memorandum to the district magistrate, Prashant Arya addressed to the chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, demanding cancellation of the examination held on September 21 and a CBI inquiry into the matter.
The youths engaged in the stir alleged that the repeated exposure of scams in competitive examinations demonstrates the State government’s apathy which throws the future of the job aspiring youths into jeopardy. “The anti-copying law enacted with much fanfare has proved to be a mere sham,” one of the protestors declared.
Surjeet Singh Rana warned that if the government chooses to sit idle over their demands, his party would go for a full-blown mass movement in the coming days.
The party’s district president, Vikram Singh Negi said that the recent paper leak is not a one-off matter limited to just one exam only. “It involves the State’s reputation and the hard work of the aspiring youth,” he added.
