New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday slammed the BJP government led by Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta over the lathi charge on protesting Staff Selection Commission (SSC) aspirants at New Delhi’s Ramleela Maidan.
He accused the government of using force to silence students and suppress their voices as they demonstrated against irregularities in the SSC exam. The students, who have been demanding justice for months, were allegedly subjected to violence on Saturday night, leaving many injured. Media personnel were also prevented from covering the incident, sparking widespread outrage.
In a post on social media platform X, Kejriwal alleged that the BJP has made a mockery not only of democracy but of the entire system.
“See the BJP’s dictatorship and thuggery… Open thuggery is rampant in the country. Those who question the BJP are silenced by ordering lathi charges against them. Anyone can be picked up and thrown into jail, any law can be changed whenever they want. If someone doesn’t vote for the BJP, their vote is cut,” he posted.
The students are demanding a re-examination, cancellation of the current results, and strict action against those responsible for the irregularities.
“These students have been fighting for justice for months over the irregularities in the SSC exam. Instead of listening to their voices, they were beaten with batons in the darkness of the night. Imagine… the hands that should have been holding books yesterday now bear the marks of injuries. Media personnel were also stopped from covering the news,” Kejriwal added.
The SSC is a statutory body that conducts recruitment exams for various posts in ministries, departments, and other government organizations. The Phase 13 exam, conducted between July 24 and August 1 across 194 centers in 142 cities, faced abrupt cancellations, software crashes, biometric verification failures, and erroneous center allotments.
During the test window, around 500,000 candidates appeared for the examination. These disruptions triggered a wave of protests across Delhi last week, drawing thousands of aspirants to the streets and sparking a strong backlash on social media.
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