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Students’ protest: JLN Metro station remains shut for 2nd day

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Metro Station of the Delhi Metro remained closed for public for the second day on Sunday…

Students’ protest: JLN Metro station remains shut for 2nd day

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) aspirants stage a demonstration outside CGO complex. (Photo: IANS/File)

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Metro Station of the Delhi Metro remained closed for public for the second day on Sunday in the wake of a protest by students at the nearby CGO Complex, officials said.

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Metro Station, is the closest to the office to CGO complex, falls on the Delhi Metro network’s busy Violet Line that connects Kashmere Gate to Escorts Mujesar.

It was closed around 9 am on Saturday on the advise of Delhi Police. On Saturday, Police said the station was closed for public to prevent any disturbance after hundreds of students gathered near the station building.

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“As advised by police, the JLN Stadium station will remain closed today also for public till further directions,” a senior Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) official said.

The metro station in south Delhi was closed due to increasing numbers of SSC (Staff Selection Commission) aspirants, who have been protesting against an alleged scam in the SSC examination, a senior CISF official.

Students from across India have gathered outside the CGO Complex, where the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is headquartered, demanding a CBI inquiry into the Combined Graduate Level-Test Tier II examination held last year following allegations of irregularities and mass cheating.

Aspirants have to go through SSC examination to get selected for lower division government jobs. The examination is an online test and is held to fill clerical posts in government offices.

The students, holding demonstrations outside the complex for the past six days, met the SSC chairman but no solution could be found to end the protest.

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