Bihar civil service exam protest: Prashant Kishor ends hunger strike after 14 days
He said the Jan Suraaj Party will file a criminal writ petition in the next two days against bureaucrats responsible for police action against protestors.
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Jan Suraaj party founder Prashant Kishor on Thursday broke his hunger strike after 14 days of protest to press for the recently-held Bihar Public Service Commission preliminary examination to be cancelled.
However, Kishor said that his movement to support the cause of civil services aspirants in Bihar will continue from a camp office set up by the Jan Suraaj party at the LCT Ghat on the bank of the Ganga river.
Civil services aspirants in Bihar who appeared for the 70th Combined (Preliminary) Competitive Examination on December 13 have been protesting in Patna since December 18, alleging a question paper leak at one of the centres.
They have also alleged that CCTV cameras and jammers were not functioning at several examination centres and that question papers were distributed late at some centres.
Kishor began his hunger strike against “the ruined education and corrupt examination system” on January 2. This came after the Bihar Police on December 29 lathi-charged and used water cannons to disperse protesting civil service aspirants marching towards Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s home in Patna.
“I condemn the baton charge and police action against the protesting students in Bihar,” Kishor was quoted as saying by PTI on Thursday. “The Jan Suraaj Party will file a criminal writ petition in the next two days against those bureaucrats who are...
