Archive · 4 Oct 2026
Rahul Gandhi Backs Maharashtra Students’ MPSC Satyagraha
Rahul Gandhi launched a website called Satyagraha for protests about different issues.
He said a Maharashtra students’ group registered its protest on the website.
Students in Pune say they face problems with exams, hiring and education.
They also raised concerns about hostels, food and a government benefit scheme.
The students want the head of MPSC to step down and be replaced by a qualified person.
They also want more than 70,000 vacant government jobs filled.
Gandhi said the Youth Congress and NSUI are supporting them.
He said he would bring their concerns to the Maharashtra government again.
Rahul Gandhi launched the Satyagraha digital platform to consolidate issue-based protests across India.
He said the Maharashtra Competitive Examination Coordination Committee registered its protest movement on the portal.
Students at a Pune event raised concerns including alleged paper leaks, stalled recruitment, costly education, poor hostels, food and DBT fraud.
Gandhi said protesters want the MPSC chairman to resign and an honest, qualified officer appointed, alongside filling more than 70,000 vacant government posts.
He said the Youth Congress and NSUI support the movement and that he would raise the issue again with the Maharashtra government.
- Who
- Rahul Gandhi, Maharashtra students, and the Maharashtra Competitive Examination Coordination Committee.
- What
- Gandhi launched the Satyagraha platform and backed students’ protest over examination and recruitment concerns.
- When
- Saturday; no calendar date is specified.
- Where
- The students’ protest is in Pune, Maharashtra; the platform is intended to consolidate protests across India.
- Why
- Students cited alleged examination irregularities and wider education and recruitment concerns, and are seeking the MPSC chairman’s resignation and the filling of vacant government posts.
Students and Gandhi
Government response
Examination reform and protest demands
Students and Gandhi
Gandhi said students’ concerns require action, including reforming MPSC and making the examination system transparent; he backed their demands for the chairman’s resignation and for vacant government jobs to be filled.
Government response
Gandhi said he had previously asked Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to address these issues but that nothing had happened. The articles do not include a response from the Maharashtra government.
- Platform
- Satyagraha digital platform
- Protest location
- Pune, Maharashtra
- Student organization
- Maharashtra Competitive Examination Coordination Committee
- Reported concerns
- Paper leaks, stalled recruitments, expensive education, dilapidated hostels, food concerns and alleged fraud in DBT
- MPSC demand
- The chairman’s resignation and replacement by an honest, qualified officer
- Jobs demand
- Immediate filling of more than 70,000 vacant government positions
- Groups Gandhi said support the movement
- Youth Congress and NSUI
