JNL Stadium Metro Station Closed to Quell SSC Aspirants Protest

The station will be closed for an ‘indefinite’ period of time.

New Delhi: Staff Selection Commission (SSC) aspirants stage a demonstration to press for CBI inquiry into the SSC exam scam, in New Delhi on March 3, 2018. (Photo: IANS)

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In the wake of protest by SSC aspirants in Delhi’s Lodhi Road, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Metro Station was closed down on Saturday, 3 March, for an indefinite period as a precautionary measure, officials said.

New Delhi: Staff Selection Commission (SSC) aspirants stage a demonstration to press for CBI inquiry into the SSC exam scam, in New Delhi on March 3, 2018. (Photo: IANS)

The station was closed on Saturday morning till further notice, a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) spokesperson 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 told IANS.

New Delhi: Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari meets Staff Selection Commission (SSC) aspirants staging a demonstration to press for CBI inquiry into the SSC exam scam, in New Delhi on March 3, 2018. (Photo: IANS)

New Delhi: Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari meets Staff Selection Commission (SSC) aspirants staging a demonstration to press for CBI inquiry into the SSC exam scam, in New Delhi on March 3, 2018. (Photo: IANS)

The aspirants have been protesting outside SSC's office at CGO complex and Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Metro Station is the closest to the office. Aspirants have to go through SSC examination to get selected for lower division government jobs.