Rosaiah passes PSC test amidst T-storm

The Rosaiah government heaved a sigh of relief on Sunday as the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) Group-I prelims went off without any major glitches.

The Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, had been under pressure from various quarters, including own party legislators and ministers, to put off the prelims but barring stray incidents of violence, the exams, opposed vehemently by the Osmania University Joint Action Committee and various Telangana outfits and equivocally supported by the Seema-Andhra region, went off peacefully.

However, sporadic protests and heavy security marked the exam in Telangana districts. The exam centre in the B.Ed College at OU saw agitation as Telangana students managed to enter the hall, burn question papers and break windows. Some Congress MPs made the situation worse when they violated Section 144 and entered the OU campus.

The students also “leaked” the question paper by reading it out in front of the media.

The TRS president, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, demanded the cancellation of Group-1 prelims in the wake of a reported question paper “leak”.