Protesting Bihar civil service aspirants claim no assurance of re-exam by chief secretary
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, who has backed the students’ demands, issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to resolve the matter.
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Protesting civil service aspirants in Bihar, who are seeking that the state’s Public Service Commission preliminary examination be conducted again on account of a suspected paper leak, said their meeting with Chief Secretary Amit Lal Meena on Monday did not yield any assurance that their demand would be met, The Indian Express reported.
On Sunday, the Bihar Police lathi-charged and used water cannons against demonstrators who were marching towards Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s house. The district authorities then invited a delegation of students to meet Meena on Monday.
“The chief secretary listened to our demands…but did not give any concrete assurance,” said a student leader who attended the meeting, according to The Indian Express.
The student said the group conveyed to Meena that it would be unfair to allow just 18,000 candidates to appear for the exam again. They also demanded that the first information reports filed against dozens of protesting students be withdrawn.
This was in reference to a retest that has been announced for candidates at one examination centre in Patna, where an official died of a heart attack.
Several candidates 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, according to The Hindu.
They have also alleged that CCTV...
