New Delhi: UPSC aspirants stage a Satyagraha at the Jantar Mantar on Wednesday seeking one more attempt to appear the Civil Service Examinations, which they lost one attempt during the first wave of Covid – 19.

Nearly hundred UPSC aspirants participated in Satyagraha and demanding an extra attempt in lieu of the one lost during the first wave of Covid – 19. Among these a majority of the aspirants have either crossed the age bar, or have exhausted their last attempt in October last year.

UPSC aspirants earlier approached the SC to allow them one more attempt on humanitarian ground. But SC had refused their request on July 22^nd to direct the Union Government and UPSC to grant an extra chance to them.

One of the aspirants from Maharashtra told to the media persons that we went to the court at the peak of Covid – 19 where we were assured that our case will be taken up and giving relaxation will be considered to those who took the exam in 2020. But they sat over it and did nothing. Even now when we meet the MPs and MLAs, they seem sympathetic towards us and tell us that they will do something to help us, but words are all we have got until now.

Another aspirant is Vidya, a frontline Covid – 19 worker who had graduated from the AIIMS in 2018 and had planned to prepare for the civil services exam.