The protest against UPSC CSAT intensified on Tuesday despite government's assurance that the marks in English language comprehension skills of the UPSC aptitude test will not be included in the merit list. While the students decided to continue their protest at Jantar Mantar, the Samajwadi Party (SP) threatened to stall Parliament proceedings.
"We have given suspension of question-hour notice on CSAT issue. The government has not taken a good decision. We want CSAT to be withdrawn. We will not allow the House to function. SP won't let Parliament function until the CSAT issue is solved," said party leader Naresh Agarwal.
The aspirants have termed government's decision as a betrayal to the students.
"BJP had promised before election that they will scrap CSAT. Now they are refusing. This is a betrayal to the students who voted for the party," said Pawan, the aspirant who is leading the protest.
"We will continue our protest until the exam is scrapped," he added.
Meanwhile, MoS Jitendra Singh avoided questions on the issue.
The BJP-led NDA government on Monday said the marks in English language comprehension skills of the UPSC aptitude test will not be included in the merit list. But students said their demands still remain "unfulfilled".
Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh had said in parliament: "Government is of the opinion that in the civil services preliminary examination, paper II, the marks of the question section on 'English language comprehension skills' should not be included in gradation or merit."
The minister also announced that candidates who appeared in Civil Services Examination 2011 may be allowed one more attempt in 2015.
However, protesting civil service aspirants were not satisfied with the government's statement. They said they wanted the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) to be done away with altogether.
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