Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Jayant Patil Backs MPSC Students’ Protest, Demands Probe
Students in Pune are protesting about how exams run by MPSC are handled.
Six students are refusing food until their concerns are addressed.
Jayant Patil visited them and said he supports their protest.
The students want MPSC chairman Vivek Bhimanwar removed.
Patil said there have been allegations of exam problems and leaked papers.
He said these claims matter to families who borrow money to help their children prepare.
Patil wants the government to make the commission’s work more transparent.
He also wants a special investigation team to look into the allegations.
He said he would ask the state government about the issue in the assembly.
Jayant Patil visited MPSC aspirants protesting at S M Joshi Bridge in Pune and expressed support for them.
Six students were on an indefinite hunger strike, which Patil said had lasted six days.
The students are demanding the removal of MPSC chairman Vivek Bhimanwar over alleged examination irregularities.
Patil cited allegations of exam-paper leaks and said emerging evidence had shocked people across Maharashtra.
He called for greater transparency and an SIT investigation, and said he would raise the issue in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
- Who
- NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) state president Jayant Patil, MLA Rohit Pawar, and six MPSC aspirants.
- What
- Patil backed the students’ protest and called for the removal of MPSC chairman Vivek Bhimanwar and an SIT investigation into alleged irregularities.
- When
- October 6; the article says the students had been on hunger strike for six days.
- Where
- S M Joshi Bridge, Pune, Maharashtra.
- Why
- The students are protesting alleged irregularities in the examination process, including alleged paper leaks.
- Protest location
- S M Joshi Bridge, Pune
- Students on hunger strike
- Six
- Hunger strike duration
- Six days, according to Patil
- MPSC chairman
- Vivek Bhimanwar
- Students’ demand
- Removal of the MPSC chairman
- Patil’s proposed action
- Greater transparency and an SIT probe; he said he would raise the matter in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly