# BPSC official’s ‘dog barking’ remark sparks row in Bihar 2026-08-24T21:56:44+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets (3 source reports) BPSC Examination Controller Rajesh Kumar Singh sparked outrage after saying "Haathi chale bazaar, kutta bhaunke hazaar" (an elephant walks through the market while a thousand dogs bark) when asked about alleged irregularities and a paper leak in the 70th BPSC examination. Students protesting at Patna's Gardanibagh are demanding the exam's cancellation. Bihar Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav demanded Singh's removal and an apology, saying his language "mirrors the CM's language." Yadav has also written to CM Samrat Choudhary, demanding the TRE-4 exam be held in a single phase and a high-level probe into exam irregularities. The protest continues with no government response yet reported. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The coverage splits on whether to foreground the official's remark or the political response. India Today leads with the remark and the protest, treating the controversy as a standalone flare-up. The Times of India leads with Tejashwi Yadav's attack, framing the remark as evidence of government disregard. India Today omits the opposition challenge entirely, The Times of India omits the detail that Singh reportedly asked media to exclude the remark. Taken together, the official's comment was clearly inflammatory, but neither source fully examines whether the underlying paper-leak allegations have substance. The next concrete step is the student protest continuing at Gardanibagh and any government action on Yadav's demands. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 1 government-critical, 2 neutral - indiatoday.in (neutral report) Leads with the remark and protest narrative, omits opposition reaction entirely - indiatoday.in (2) (neutral report) - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (government critical) Leads with Tejashwi Yadav's attack, foregrounds government criticism This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-08-25T05:51:03+00:00. Tags: BPSC, Patna, Rajesh Kumar Singh, TRE-4 Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bpsc-officials-remark-angers-students-protesting-bihar-exam/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bpsc-officials-remark-angers-students-protesting-bihar-exam/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/