Students in Bihar are upset about a possible cheating scandal in an important exam run by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC). They want to talk directly to the Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar, instead of just meeting with the BPSC officials.
On Saturday, Patna District Magistrate Chandrasekhar Singh said he would not allow a big student meeting planned for Sunday and warned actions against coaching centers involved in the protests.
Prashant Kishor, who started a movement for better governance, visited the protesting students in Gardani Bagh. He shared that cheating and question paper leaks in BPSC exams have become a big problem and something needs to be done.
The students are angry about an exam that happened recently. They want it canceled because they believe it was unfair, claiming that just rerunning the test for one center isn’t fair to everyone.
The District Magistrate mentioned that earlier in the day, they tried to set up a meeting for students with BPSC officials, but the students insisted on talking to the Chief Minister, which was not possible since BPSC acts independently.
The Bihar Police are looking into people who might be inciting the protests, including a YouTube influencer named Guru Rahman. He told the police he opposes how scores are adjusted for fairness in the exam. He has also been warned not to participate in such protests.
The BPSC said it only canceled the exam for one center because of chaos there. They claim that, out of 912 exam centers, everything went well in 911 of them.
Bihar’s BJP leader, Dilip Jaiswal, stated that the government cares about students but they need to provide real proof that cheating happened on December 13.
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