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Bihar students clash with police during Patna march over BPSC exams
Student protesters demanding a single test for teacher recruitment in Bihar clashed with police in Patna on Tuesday after breaking through barricades while marching towards the residences of the governor and chief…
Student protesters demanding a single test for teacher recruitment in Bihar clashed with police in Patna on Tuesday after breaking through barricades while marching towards the residences of the governor and chief minister. The march, organised by the leftist Students' Federation of India and Democratic Youth Federation of India, began at Gandhi Maidan. Police used water cannons to disperse the crowd, and several protesters were detained. Deputy superintendent of police Kamakhya Narayan Singh was among the injured.
The protests come ahead of the Bihar Public Service Commission's exams next month to fill 33,000 teacher posts. Students have been opposing the two-stage preliminary and main examination process. Patna SSP Kartikeya Sharma said police used water cannons when the situation became tense. Separately, nursing students protesting outside Bihar Health Sciences University over alleged exam irregularities also clashed with police, leaving several students and two policemen injured. Four protesters were detained.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The BPSC is using a two-stage exam to fill 33,000 posts, a departure from the single-test method many aspirants expected. The commission decides the recruitment process under the Bihar government's education department. This pattern of exam-related protests is not new in Bihar, where teacher recruitment has been delayed for years, leaving lakhs of aspirants in limbo. The next concrete milestone is the BPSC exam scheduled for next month, and how the state government responds to the demand for a single test will determine whether the protests escalate or subside.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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