Overview

• Hundreds of aspirants and educators remained at Jantar Mantar and outside the DoPT office for a second day of protest over the flawed Phase 13 exams.
• Demonstrators accused police of using lathi charges and detaining peaceful protestors without authorisation.
• The SSC has yet to issue a public response despite acknowledging more than 55,000 complaints of abrupt cancellations, technical glitches and poor test-centre conditions.
• Protesters are demanding an independent inquiry into SSC operations and a full review of the private vendor contracted for the Phase 13 exams.
• Candidates warn that unresolved management failures could undermine the SSC CGL Tier 1 exam set to begin on August 13.