Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday it was time for students to rise. Stating that the future of students was at risk, he alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to appoint officers chosen by the RSS by manipulating the merit list in civil service examinations.

Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter and shared a letter dated 17 May from the Ministry of Personnel on a proposal from the PMO in this regard.

The letter read: “The prime minister’s office has desired to consider the suggestion of examining if service allocation/cadre allocation to probationers selected on the basis of Civil Services examination be made after the foundation course.”

Gandhi’s tweet has reportedly come in the wake of a proposal seeking to bring in major changes in the allocation of services to candidates who clear the all-India examination.

Rise up students, your future is at risk! RSS wants what’s rightfully yours. The letter below reveals the PM’s plan to appoint officers of RSS’s choice into the Central Services, by manipulating the merit list using subjective criteria, instead of exam rankings. #ByeByeUPSC pic.twitter.com/VSElwErKqe

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 22, 2018

Sharing the letter on Twitter, Rahul Gandhi wrote: “Rise up students, your future is at risk! RSS wants what’s rightfully yours. The letter below reveals the PM’s plan to appoint officers of RSS’s choice into the Central Services, by manipulating the merit list using subjective criteria, instead of exam rankings.”

The Congress chief used a hashtag, #ByeByeUPSC, while sharing the letter on Twitter.

The letter added that the PMO had suggested examining the feasibility of weighing the performance of a candidate in the foundation course and “making service allocation as well as cadre allocation to all India service officers, based on the combined score obtained in the civil services exam and the foundation course”.

The foundation course is conducted at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, (LBSNAA), Mussorie, after aspirants clear CSE. The performance in foundation course is based on classes and training conducted by LBSNAA officials.

Not wishing to be named, several IAS officers have told mediapersons that the order, if implemented, will make it easier for anyone who can influence LBSNNA officials to be shown as a better performer than others.