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BPSC official suspended for ‘dogs bark’ remark at Patna protesters
Bihar's opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav has demanded an apology and removal of BPSC Examination Controller Rajesh Kumar after he told protesting students 'haathi chale bazaar, kutte bhonke hazaar' (elephant walks, dogs bark).…
Bihar's opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav has demanded an apology and removal of BPSC Examination Controller Rajesh Kumar after he told protesting students 'haathi chale bazaar, kutte bhonke hazaar' (elephant walks, dogs bark). Kumar made the remark when asked about alleged irregularities and paper leaks in the 70th BPSC examination.
The Bihar government suspended Kumar on August 24. Protests continue at Patna's Gardanibagh over recruitment issues, with aspirants demanding the Teacher Recruitment Examination (TRE-4) be held in a single phase. The BPSC announced over 32,000 teaching posts under TRE-4 with applications starting September 1, but the notification has not ended the protests.
Tejashwi accused the government of ignoring student concerns and said Kumar's language 'mirrors the language of Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary'. The remark is the second controversy after Chief Justice Surya Kant's 'cockroach' comment targeting jobless youth, which sparked the Cockroach Janta Party movement.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The BPSC's 70th examination has faced allegations of irregularities and paper leaks since results were announced earlier this year, with thousands of candidates questioning the marking process. The commission has announced over 32,000 teacher posts under TRE-4 but kept the examination in multiple phases, contradicting aspirants' demand for a single-tier test to ensure fairness. The suspension of examination controller Rajesh Kumar follows the earlier 'cockroach' controversy involving Chief Justice Surya Kant, which led protesting youth to form the Cockroach Janta Party, now a broader agitation platform. The state government faces pressure to consolidate TRE-4 into one phase when applications open on September 1, with opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav linking the official's language to Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary's administration.
Source: timesnownews.com
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