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Patna, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday wrote a letter to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar demanding cancellation of the competitive examinations recently conducted under controversial circumstances by the state Public Service Commission.
The former deputy chief minister, who visited the site in the state capital late on Saturday night where the candidates were holding a round-the-clock protest, shared a screenshot of the two-page letter addressed to his former boss on Twitter. ,
Yadav, now the leader of the opposition, warned, “Many of the protesters I met last night have fallen ill. If anything untoward happens, the blame will be on the government and the BPSC chairman.”
Yadav had visited Gardani Bagh area, where protesters told him they were protesting against the Bihar Public Service Commission’s decision to order re-examination only at the Bapu Examination Complex, one of more than 900 centres. Where the examination was held on 13th December. Joint competitive examinations were conducted.
The youth leader had told the protesters, “Stay firm on your resolve. Be assured that at every step you take, Tejashwi will take four steps forward.”
In his letter to the JD supremo, the RJD leader said he agreed with the contention of the protesting candidates that if the exam for some candidates is held “on a different date, with a different set of question papers” , then “there will be no levels.” “Playground”.
Notably, hundreds of candidates at the Bapu examination complex had boycotted the examinations alleging question paper leak.
This allegation was strongly refuted by the Bihar Public Service Commission, which claimed that the disruption was caused by “anti-social elements” who had come forward as part of a “conspiracy” to get the examination cancelled.
However, the Commission has ordered re-examination for around 5,000 candidates who were assigned exam centres.
Yadav also drew the Chief Minister’s attention to the protesters’ objection to hiring “private agencies” for the manpower required to conduct such examinations.
Through these agencies, invigilators and class IV employees posted at the examination centers were appointed.
Incidentally, one of such personnel appointed through a private agency was Ram Iqbal Singh, who suffered a heart attack at the Bapu examination complex and died while being taken to the hospital, leading the local administration to blame the protesting candidates for the death. Held and recommended that he be charged with murder.
Yadav also demanded an investigation into the protesters’ claim that “model test papers” of several private coaching institutes match the actual question papers by “more than 25 per cent” and remarked that “this may be more than just a coincidence.” Could”.
Making it clear that he would not accept anything less than a re-examination for all the nearly five lakh candidates who appeared for the December 13 exam, the RJD leader also said, “Around 90,000 students could not take the exam because of the online form. Due to server problem the submission could not be made on time, they should also get a chance.
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