The protest by aspirants demanding that the Bihar Public Providers Fee (BPSC) prelims held earlier this month be cancelled and rescheduled gained additional momentum on Friday, with widespread educators Faizal Khan and Motiur Rahman Khan – generally known as Khan Sir and Guru Rahman – in addition to Jan Suraaj Social gathering founder Prashant Kishor becoming a member of the protesters in Patna.
Lots of of candidates who had appeared for the BPSC prelims performed on December 13 at 912 centres throughout Bihar have been protesting at Patna’s Gardanibagh space since December 18, calling for the cancellation of the examination, alleging that CCTV cameras and jammers had not been useful at a number of examination centres and that query papers had been distributed late at some places.
Chatting with reporters on the protest web site, Khan Sir stated, “I’ve been with the scholars since their profitable protest in opposition to ‘normalisation’ (in BPSC prelims). Now that college students have been demanding re-examination, I’m once more with them.”
Guru Rahman was solely briefly on the protest web site, having left quickly due to unwell well being.
Prashant Kishor, who has been with the protesters since Thursday, had initially set a three-day ultimatum for the state authorities and the BPSC to resolve the matter, however was advised by college students that it could be tough to maintain the protest for that lengthy due to the chilly. Kishor has now revised the ultimatum to 24 hours.
“If the federal government doesn’t take heed to college students’ calls for, I will probably be on the forefront of the scholars’ protest march at any time when it’s scheduled. College students have been protesting democratically. If the police resort to additional lathi-charge, it must bear the results,” stated Kishor.
Aman Kumar, a pupil chief on the protest web site, advised The Indian Categorical: “I’m from Sitamarhi and run a small teaching centre at Patna. My BPSC prelims centre was in Aurangabad. We got query papers 20 minutes late and no additional time was given to fill the OMR sheet. This isn’t simply my story. It occurred with scores of scholars throughout 912 examination centres. Our competition is easy – why cancel the examination for only one Patna centre when there had been related discrepancies at a number of centres. Equity calls for that there must be a re-examination.”
A BPSC official stated, nonetheless, that there had been clear proof of delayed distribution of query papers at only one centre in Patna, the place re-examination has been ordered. “We can’t go by college students’ allegations and cancel the examination held in any respect centres,” the official stated.
Chief of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi additionally backed the protesters. In a submit on X in Hindi, he stated, “That is the newest instance from Bihar the place college students have been elevating their voice in opposition to paper leak and demanding re-examination.”
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