Patna Police detained Prashant Kishor, he was sitting in Gandhi Maidan on dharna in support of BPSC students – BPSC Protest Patna Police action against protesters Prashant Kishor detained ntc

Prashant Kishor and some protesters, who were on a fast unto death at Gandhi Maidan in Patna demanding cancellation of BPSC’s 70th preliminary examination, have been taken into custody by the police. Besides, Patna Police has also vacated the place where the founder of Jan Suraj was sitting on an indefinite hunger strike. The police team has taken Prashant Kishore to AIIMS in an ambulance.

According to sources, Kishore was ‘forcibly removed’ from Gandhi Maidan in Patna and taken to AIIMS in an ambulance by the police. It is being told that this action of the police took place between 3.30 and 4 am on Monday morning when PK was forcibly removed from Gandhi Maidan and taken to AIIMS in an ambulance.

In a video shared by the news agency, senior Patna Police officials can be seen forcibly removing Prashant Kishore and his supporters from the protest site despite protests from them.

‘I don’t get sick that easily…’

Earlier, addressing concerns over his health amid the fast unto death, Kishore said, ‘It is not a matter for us to decide whether we will continue it (protest) or not. We will continue to do what we are doing now, there will be no change in it…We (Jan Suraj Party) will file a petition in the High Court on the 7th. I will not fall ill so soon. I am fine now, all My throat is a little sore. The doctors have told me to sleep, it’s nothing serious.

Demonstrations were held at many places demanding the cancellation of the recent examination of Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC). Even after this, the re-exam was organized on January 4 as scheduled. Meanwhile, Prashant Kishore, founder of Jan Suraj, sat on a fast at Gandhi Maidan demanding the cancellation of the 70th BPSC exam. The administration had appealed to him to change the place of fast, terming it “illegal”, but he (Prashant Kishore) refused to do so. Kishore said, ‘Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should listen to the complaints of the students, whatever the students decide, I will do the same.’

PK is on fast unto death since January 2

The founders of Jan Suraj are on a fast unto death since Thursday, January 2, demanding the cancellation of the 70th Integrated (Preliminary) Competitive Examination conducted by Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) on December 13. However, BPSC had ordered re-exam for some selected candidates who appeared in the December 13 examination. This examination was surrounded by controversies due to allegations of question paper leak.

After this, the examination was conducted again on Saturday at 22 centers in Patna. In which out of total 12,012 candidates, about 8,111 candidates had downloaded their admit cards. However, on Saturday, January 4, only 5,943 students appeared in the re-examination.

BPSC said in a statement issued on Saturday that the re-exam was conducted peacefully at all the centers and no malpractices or irregularities were reported.