India, Oct. 4 -- The Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) protest in the city has now split into three factions each pressing for different demands. While one group is demanding a return to the objective (MCQ) pattern, another wants the descriptive pattern introduced in 2025 to continue. A third group, protesting with the support of MLA and Nationalist Congress Party (SP) leader Rohit Pawar, has made the resignation of MPSC chairman Vivek Bhimanwar its key demand.

The three groups are currently protesting at SM Joshi Bridge, Lal Bahadur Shastri Road, near Ahilya Abhyasika, and Tilak Chowk/Alka Chowk. The differences became more pronounced after a delegation of aspirants met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on September 30, follow...