According to reports, traffic restrictions purportedly placed in place to ensure the smooth passage of andhra pradesh Deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan's convoy caused more than 25 candidates to arrive late on Monday, preventing them from participating in a vital competitive examination in Visakhapatnam.
 
The exam was set to start at the ION wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital Zone building in Chinnamusidivada, pendurthi, at 8.30 a.m.  Traffic restrictions imposed for Kalyan's convoy caused her son to be delayed, according to B Kalavathi, the mother of a student taking the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) 2025, which decides admissions to National Institutes of technology (NITs).

"We were stuck in traffic. It was halted because kalyan was on his way to araku," Kalavathi told PTI, adding that the roads were cleared to allow the actor-politician's convoy to pass. According to her, they reached the NAD junction at 7.50 am but took 42 minutes to cover the remaining distance to the exam centre, arriving too late and being denied entry.

Almost thirty pupils were impacted.  She referred to their unsuccessful attempts to enter the exam room when she remarked, "We begged repeatedly but were not allowed in."
 
Another parent, Anil Kumar, noted that his daughter, who also missed the exam, may have saved the day and possibly an entire academic year if the exam center had granted her a five-minute exception.
 
Even though chief ministers and deputy chief ministers will come and go, Kumar recalled the experience of the police informing the exam center and granting a five-minute exemption.  Though his daughter reached the examination centre at 8.32 am, Kumar said she was denied access due to being two minutes late.

A parent urged the Deputy chief minister to think about delaying the test for the impacted pupils in an interview with india Herald.
 
Police in Visakhapatnam, however, released a statement refuting any link between the students' delayed arrival and the convoy.
 
"It is clear that the Deputy CM's movement through the area at 8.41 am has no connection to the late arrival of students, who were expected to report by 7 am and certainly before 8.30 am," according to the police.  The police also emphasized that today was the lowest number of absent examinees.

"Moreover, no traffic was blocked on the BRTS road or the service roads between Gopalapatnam and pendurthi at any time before 8.30 am to ensure the free movement of examinees to the examination centre, which is located next to a service road," the police stated.
 
To engage with tribal people and start a few road construction projects, the founder of janasena traveled to the araku constituency on Monday.
 
 
 


 
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08/04/2025 10:11 AM