Job aspirants hold protest before CRPF headquarters

Around 100 aspirants of constable-rank jobs in central paramilitary forces today staged a protest before the CRPF headquarters at the CGO complex here alleging discrepancies in the merit list published recently.
As a strong posse of young men started raising slogans and demanding senior officials to come and meet them at around noon time, a team of Delhi Police and CRPF authorities rushed in.
The aspirants, who largely hailed from Naxal-hit areas of Uttar Pradesh and adjoining states, demanded that their demands should be looked into and the merit list should be reviewed as they had already written the exam.

"The group of about 100 aspirants were not allowed to enter the CGO complex after they assembled at the main entry gate that leads to the headquarters of the Central Reserve Police Force. They were counselled by senior Delhi Police and CRPF officials," a senior official said.
The CRPF, which is the nodal agency for these exams, later issued a clarification on the issue.
"The merit list of the successful candidates in the constable (general duty)-2015 examination was prepared and uploaded by Staff Selection Commission (SSC) on their website on February 2, 2017. This merit list was prepared by the SSC taking into account their category and domicile as per the existing vacancy.

"CRPF being the nodal force has been entrusted with the task of intimating the successful candidates about this allotted force and their merit and in case of any doubt or objection about the final merit list, they may contact -SSC directly," the force said.
The CGO complex at Lodhi Road houses the headquarters of a number of government ministries, departments, Central Armed Police Forces and agencies like the National Informatics Centre (NIC).