Protest held in Patna over Bihar PSC exam paper leak

In Bihar, chaos erupted during a protest in Patna on Wednesday over the alleged leak of a question paper of the December 13 combined preliminary exam conducted by Bihar PSC, prompting the state police to baton charge job aspirants. Job seekers claimed that several protesters were injured during the police action but a senior officer denied the charge.

Patna: On police conducted a lathi charge on the 70th BPSC aspirants, DSP Secretariat Anu Kumari says, "Since December 18, BPSC aspirants have been staging a continuous protest at Gardanibagh, demanding the cancellation of the 70th BPSC Preliminary Examination. Reports suggest… pic.twitter.com/fvHEMzaKov

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The job aspirants have been demanding cancellation of the preliminary examination of the BPSC and requested the commission to announce a fresh date for the test at the earliest.Protesters alleged that question papers were leaked before the examination started at certain centres. However, BPSC chairman Parmar Ravi Manubhai on Tuesday ruled out the cancellation of the entire exam.He, however, made it clear that BPSC would conduct a re-examination of candidates who appeared for the test at the Bapu Pariksha Parisar centre in Patna on December 13.Manubhai announced that the re-examination would be held on January 4, 2025.
The BPSC recently cancelled its combined preliminary examination held at Bapu Pariksha Parisar in Patna’s Kumhrar locality, where an on-duty official died of a heart attack after a ruckus was created by “unruly” candidates on December 13.The commission also served show-cause notices to 34 aspirants, who were allegedly part of the disruption created at Bapu Pariksha Parisar centre.
The Congress condemned the police action on job aspirants, while Independent MP from Purnea Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav called for a Bihar bandh on January 1, 2025, if the December 13 combined preliminary examination is not cancelled.