New Delhi:
A police case has been filed towards election strategist-turned political chief Prashant Kishore, leaders of his Jan Suraaj celebration, a number of teaching centre house owners and 700 unknown protesters over the huge scholar protests in Bihar held on Sunday. They’ve been accused of “unauthorisedly” gathering folks, instigating them and making a legislation and order downside.
The Jan Suraaj Get together, the police stated, had additionally held a protest march with out permission and led the gang close to Patna’s Gandhi Maidan which had turned violent, breaking police loudspeakers and clashing with magistrates and cops on responsibility.
“Regardless of repeated requests by the administration, these folks violated the rules of the administration and disrupted public order,” the police stated.
The police had used batons and water cannons to interrupt up Sunday’s huge protest by the Bihar Public Service Fee aspirants, who have been demanding a re-test of the seventieth Mixed Aggressive Examination after allegations of paper leak.
The scholars had gathered at Gandhi Maidan earlier than marching in direction of JP Golambar, meaning to proceed to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s residence. They wished to fulfill him and focus on the difficulty.
Prashant Kishor had expressed his full help for the scholars. He participated of their march to JP Golambar, and introduced {that a} college students’ delegation would meet the Chief Secretary. However the college students refused to fulfill anybody however the Chief Minister and their insistence led to the police motion.
Earlier, Mr Kishor had referred to as for a “Chhatra Sansad” at Gandhi Maidan on Saturday, coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti, to debate the scholars’ points and strategise future actions. Nonetheless, town administration denied permission for the occasion.
Jan Suraaj, a bunch that re-packaged itself as a political celebration in October this 12 months, is predicted to contest in all seats of Bihar within the subsequent meeting election.
The previous election strategist transformed the group on the finish of a yatra and intensive journey throughout the state for 2 years.
The celebration, he had stated, would convey a few paradigm shift in electoral politics, transferring it from concentrate on sops to points that must be election agenda.