Jan Suraaj social gathering chief Prashant Kishor on Thursday stated that he might be beginning a quick unto demise over the demand for cancellation of the Bihar Public Service Fee (BPSC) examination in Patna. The social gathering in a put up from its official social media deal with stated, “Prashant Kishore sat on a quick unto demise below the Gandhi statue in Gandhi Maidan in opposition to the ruined training and corrupt examination system.”
Prashant Kishor earlier claimed to have info on “1000’s of crores of rupees have modified fingers” for posts to be stuffed up by the Bihar PSC examination, cancellation of which is being demanded by many candidates. The previous shut aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar additionally expressed dismay over refusal of his ex-mentor to “utter a single phrase” on the stir which has been happening for almost two weeks.
“The candidates are protesting in biting chilly, braving baton cost by police and water cannons. The CM is away in Delhi, and having a superb time. He didn’t utter a single phrase when reporters within the nationwide capital approached him with queries on the stir,” Kishor stated.
“Right this moment, I’m sharing one thing that I’ve been listening to for a while. The protesting candidates consider that BPSC’s reluctance to order a contemporary examination stems from the truth that crores of rupees have already modified fingers. Posts to be stuffed up by means of the December 13 check had been placed on sale,” the Jan Suraaj Celebration founder stated.
What’s the BPSC examination challenge?
Notably, almost 5 lakh candidates had appeared at greater than 900 centres throughout the state for the Mixed Aggressive Exams. At one of many examination centres in Patna, a whole lot of candidates boycotted the check alleging that query papers have been “leaked”.
This was refuted by the Bihar Public Service Fee, which noticed a “conspiracy” to get the exams cancelled at work, although re-examination had been ordered for greater than 10,000 candidates who had been assigned the Bapu Pariksha Parisar, which was on the centre of the controversy.
The protesters’ competition is that re-examination for a small part of candidates would militate in opposition to the precept of a level-playing area and, therefore, the complete examination needs to be cancelled and held afresh.
Kishor, who was of the view that “corruption was rampant in BPSC”, nonetheless, made it clear that he didn’t wish to push additional the scandalous cost he had heard of, however seemed ahead to a “optimistic end result” following Chief Secretary Amrit Lal Meena exhibiting willingness to talk to a delegation of the protesting candidates.
(With inputs from PTI)