Aaditya Thackeray to join Pune MPSC protest, backs demand for chairperson’s exit
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray is joining MPSC aspirants in Pune to support their protests against the commission's chairman. The students are demanding greater transparency and administrative changes following recent government assurances that failed to fully satisfy the protesters.
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Reflects the intersection of student activism and political opposition in Maharashtra, highlighting tensions over public sector recruitment processes.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray will join protesting MPSC aspirants in Pune on Tuesday (October 6, 2026), stepping up the Opposition’s support for students demanding the removal of commission chairman Vivek Bhimanwar and changes in the recruitment body’s functioning.
Mr. Thackeray announced his visit in a post on X on Monday (October 5), saying he had spoken to Vivekanand Patil and would sit with the protesting students in Pune on Tuesday (October 5).
“I have just spoken to Vivekanand Patil. Tomorrow, I will go and sit with the students participating in the MPSC agitation in Pune,” Mr. Thackeray said.
Addressing the MPSC chairperson, Mr. Thackeray questioned why he continued in office despite Opposition from aspirants. “Thousands and lakhs of students are rejecting you and asking you to step aside,” he said, asking whether students would have to gather outside the MPSC office before the chairman resigned.
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