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Munde Backs MPSC Aspirants, Seeks Leadership Resignations Amid Protests
Some students in Pune are protesting about how government job exams are being conducted.
They want exams to be fair, held on time and offered in an earlier objective format.
They also want more job openings and investigations into alleged problems with recent exams.
Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde visited one protest site.
He said he would speak to the government about the students’ concerns.
Munde also supported calls for the Maharashtra Public Service Commission’s chairman and secretary to resign.
Another group of students held a separate protest nearby.
Munde said the two groups could still have the same goals.
Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde visited protesting MPSC aspirants outside Ahilya Library in Pune.
Munde said he would raise the students’ concerns with the government and backed demands for action against MPSC leadership.
A separate protest supported by NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar took place at S M Joshi Bridge.
Students demanded objective-format and offline exams, more vacancies, transparent recruitment and inquiries into alleged irregularities.
Munde said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had accepted demands two days earlier, but official documents had not been issued.
- Who
- MPSC aspirants, Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde, and a separate group supported by NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar.
- What
- Students protested over MPSC examination procedures, vacancies, transparency and alleged irregularities; Munde backed their concerns and sought action against the commission’s chairman and secretary.
- Where
- Outside the Ahilya Library on Lal Bahadur Shastri Road and at S M Joshi Bridge in Pune, Maharashtra.
- When
- October 2; Munde said the chief minister had accepted demands two days earlier, while an embedded report refers to a student discussion on September 30, 2026.
- Why
- The students are seeking fair and transparent examinations, timely recruitment, more vacancies and inquiries into alleged irregularities.
Key facts
- Main protest site
- Ahilya Library, Lal Bahadur Shastri Road, Pune
- Other protest site
- S M Joshi Bridge, Pune
- Minister involved
- Dhananjay Munde
- Student demands
- Objective-format and offline exams, more vacancies, transparent examinations and inquiries into Group B and Group C 2025 examinations
- Recruitment concern
- Students want increased Group C vacancies in the 2026 recruitment
- Chief minister mentioned
- Devendra Fadnavis
- Leadership demand
- Resignations of the MPSC chairman and secretary
Quotes
Dhananjay Munde
Maharashtra minister who visited the protesting MPSC aspirants
“No agitation is government-sponsored. The government should pay attention to these demands and take a positive decision to resolve the issues. I have come here for that.”
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“I have myself spoken about the demand for the resignation of the MPSC chairman and secretary.”
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Sources
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