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Candidates appearing for assorted recruitment exams successful Prayagraj accused the State authorities connected Sunday (May 31, 2026) of attempting to suppress a question pushing for transparency. The Sanyukt Pratiyogi Chhatra Hunkar Manch, a students’ collective, alleged that irregularities are rampant in recruitment examinations and threatened to clasp a protestation successful Lucknow connected June 12 if their grievances are not addressed by the Uttar Pradesh government.
“Three coaching centres person been closed by section authorities for alleged violations of gathering information norms, simply due to the fact that they judge these centres enactment our movement. The purpose is to suppress our conflict for transparency,” said Pankaj Pandey, convenor of the Sanyukt Pratiyogi Chhatra Hunkar Manch.
“We person raised concerns implicit irregularities, insubstantial leaks, mismanagement astatine introspection centres and deficiency of transparency successful the recruitment processes successful assorted State level competitory examinations including Lekhpal, and UP Sub-Inspector. Through the Hunkar Manch we person demanded that each the allegations beryllium investigated. An independent high-level enquiry into the alleged irregularities successful the Lekhpal main introspection is simply a indispensable particularly since videos showing students being fixed other clip astatine 3 centres person gone viral. We request that the main introspection for Lekhpal beryllium held again and besides telephone for the aboriginal merchandise of the scorecard of the UP (SI) examination. The authorities has been unsuccessful in conducting galore recruitment and eligibility tests; therefore, we privation the recruitment introspection calendar to beryllium followed fully,” added Mr. Pandey.
Security unit locomotion up of protesters during a protestation implicit alleged exam insubstantial leaks and introspection irregularities successful the Neet UG-2026 introspection and Lekhpal recruitment process, successful Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, Friday, May 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI
Indefinite protests
The Hunkar Manch threatened indefinite protests and demanded that a method monitoring strategy beryllium implemented to guarantee each aboriginal competitory examinations are wholly transparent and secure. They besides sought that a imperishable dialog and grievance redressal mechanics beryllium established astatine the authorities level to lick the problems of students.
On May 29, hundreds of young aspirants preparing for competitory examinations gathered successful the streets of Prayagraj to protestation against alleged irregularities successful recruitment exams, insubstantial leaks, and the expanding unemployment rate, nether the banner of the Samyukt Pratiyogi Chhatra Hunkar Manch. The protesters, holding candles, organised a Hunkar programme and marched peacefully from Manmohan Park crossing successful Katra to Chandrashekhar Azad Park, chanting slogans directed astatine the authorities and recruitment agencies.
The Congress enactment has accused the authorities of failing the younker of the State by not providing employment opportunities. “For immoderate state, thing tin beryllium much shameful than a young colonisation forced to deed the streets to request transparency successful examinations. There are superior allegations of malpractices successful recruitment examinations. The aspirants are wasting their champion years waiting for papers. Low and mediate income younker spot authorities jobs arsenic the champion enactment for upward societal mobility. This is simply a structural nonaccomplishment of the BJP government,” said Anil Yadav, a elder Uttar Pradesh Congress leader.
