NCP chief Pawar said that CM Eknath Shinde has agreed to hold a meeting with the MPSC authorities, the state government, and the representatives of protestors within two days.
The protest by a section of government job aspirants continued on the third day despite promises by the Maharashtra government to support their demand of delaying the implementation of the new pattern for the competitive examinations conducted by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC). A large number of civil services aspirants had their second night out in the open at the protest site near Balgandharva Auditorium on Jangli Maharaj Road, Pune.
The MPSC has decided to bring in a ‘UPSC-like descriptive pattern’ in its competitive examinations for various government jobs from this year.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar visited the agitators near Balgandharva Auditorium late on Tuesday night. He extended his support to the agitation and said that he has received a letter from the Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth (MPKV) urging him to intervene in the matter and help students get their ‘just demand’ met.
