Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday expressed her displeasure over the “inhumane” therapy of pupil protestors in Bihar who’ve been demanding the cancellation of the Built-in Mixed (Preliminary) Aggressive Examination (CCE) 2024 performed by the Bihar Public Service Fee (BPSC). She stated that the double-engine authorities of the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) has grow to be a logo of double “atrocities” on youth.
BPSC aspirants demonstrating throughout a protest at Gandhi Maidan in Patna over the alleged leak of a query paper of the mixed preliminary examination(Santosh Kumar)
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Gandhi lashed out on the Bihar authorities over lathi cost towards college students by the police and using water cannons towards them in the course of the chilly climate. She stated that as an alternative of curbing corruption, it was the scholars whose voices had been being suppressed.
“Students were oppressed for the second time in three days in Bihar. It is the government’s job to stop corruption, rigging and paper leaks in examinations. But instead of stopping corruption, students are being prevented from raising their voices. Water cannons and lathicharge on youth in this harsh cold are inhuman. BJP’s double engine has become a symbol of double atrocities on the youth,” Gandhi, who’s Congress MP from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, posted on X.
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The BPSC aspirants had been joined by Jan Suraaj Social gathering founder Prashant Kishor earlier, who accused the Bihar authorities of turning democracy into “lathi-tantra.” He stated that the scholars had the fitting to protest in public areas.
Nevertheless, in a viral video shared by Unbiased MP from Purnea Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on Monday morning, Kishor received right into a verbal spat with a few of the protesting college students. Within the video, Kishor stated, “Ye naya naya neta abhi…abhi kambal mange ho humse aur…” which upset the scholars.
Taking a dig at Kishor, Yadav stated that the Jan Suraaj Social gathering (JSP) founder was himself a brand new chief and was exhibiting off his energy.
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“Prashant (Kishor) himself has become a new leader and is threatening the students, showing off his power. Today when he doesn’t have the electoral power to the fullest, he is dripping with arrogance. Big governments have fallen before the students. Who are you? Students were being beaten up by the police and you turned your back and ran away. You abused them for asking questions?” Yadav posted on X.
Earlier, RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav additionally condemned the lathi cost on protesting Bihar Public Service Fee (BPSC) aspirants, who’re in search of a re-examination of the seventieth BPSC prelims.
In a video assertion, the previous Bihar Deputy Chief Minister stated, “It is very painful how BPSC aspirants were beaten up by the police. Many people are badly injured in this… We condemn this. The visuals that have surfaced are painful. I am a youth, and I can understand their situation. Firstly, people were protesting against normalisation.”
He highlighted that the RJD raised the difficulty within the Vidhan Sabha and introduced the matter to the eye of the Bihar authorities.
Earlier, Bihar police lathicharged and used water cannon to disperse the protesting BPSC aspirants in Gandhi Maidan, Patna, on Sunday. SP Metropolis Sweety Sahrawat stated that the scholars pushed the police after which they used water cannon on them.
In the meantime, one of many aspirants stated that they will not to be a sufferer of politics and an try is being made to divert the difficulty.