Archive · 4 Oct 2026
Abhijeet Dipke to Visit Pune MPSC Protest, Urges Government to Listen
Abhijeet Dipke said he would visit students protesting in Pune.
The students are concerned about the Maharashtra Public Service Commission exams.
One protest group wants the commission’s chairperson to resign.
Other groups disagree about which exam format should be used.
One group wants the earlier objective format back.
Another wants the descriptive format to continue.
Rohit Pawar’s group also wants the exam to be held offline.
Dipke said many young people are preparing for these exams and asked the government to listen to them.
Cockroach Janta Party chief Abhijeet Dipke said Sunday that he would visit an MPSC protest in Pune.
The demonstration led by NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar is seeking Maharashtra Public Service Commission chair Vivek Bhimanwar’s resignation.
Dipke said more than 20 lakh young people in Maharashtra are preparing for MPSC examinations and urged the government to hear them.
Three protests over the MPSC Main Examination are taking place in Pune, with different demands about the exam pattern.
Pawar’s protest is also demanding that the MPSC examination be held offline.
- Who
- Cockroach Janta Party chief Abhijeet Dipke, NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar, and MPSC exam protesters.
- What
- Dipke said he would visit a Pune protest seeking MPSC chairperson Vivek Bhimanwar’s resignation; separate demonstrations have other exam-related demands.
- When
- Dipke announced the visit on Sunday; the article says a third protest began on Saturday.
- Where
- Pune, Maharashtra, including SM Joshi Bridge, Ahilya Library on Lal Bahadur Shastri Road, and Alka Chowk.
- Why
- The protesters are seeking changes or decisions concerning the MPSC Main Examination, including the chairperson’s resignation, exam pattern, and offline conduct.
Objective exam format
Descriptive exam format
Preferred MPSC Main Examination pattern
Objective exam format
Protesters at Ahilya Library are demanding a return to the previous objective pattern.
Descriptive exam format
Protesters at Alka Chowk are seeking continuation of the descriptive pattern.
- Party chief
- Abhijeet Dipke leads the Cockroach Janta Party.
- Protest location
- Pune, Maharashtra.
- Protests
- Three simultaneous demonstrations are described.
- Resignation demand
- The protest led by Rohit Pawar seeks the resignation of MPSC chairperson Vivek Bhimanwar.
- Exam-pattern demands
- One protest calls for a return to the previous objective pattern; another seeks continuation of the descriptive pattern.
- Additional demand
- Pawar-led protesters want the MPSC examination conducted offline.
- Aspirants cited
- Dipke said more than 20 lakh youths in Maharashtra are preparing for MPSC examinations.