Thousands of students gathered in Patna and protested against the Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) over the allegations of a recent paper leak on Wednesday. This resulted in the Bihar Police resorting to the lathi charge on the students who were opposing the question paper leak at Dak Bungalow Chauraha.
While speaking exclusively to IndiaTV, the government job aspirants said that they have been protesting against the combined graduate-level exams which were conducted in two phases by the BSSC on December 23 and 24 last year. According to the students, the question papers got leaked on several social media platforms hours before the examination.
Though the Commission cancelled the examination of the first phase, the agitated students have been demanding the BSSC to cancel examinations of all shifts citing the risk to their future.
Earlier, Bihar Chief Minister assured the students that he would initiate an investigation into the matter. However, the Opposition party, BJP, has called for a CBI investigation.
Future of students stick between Commission and judiciary
It is worth mentioning this was not the first case when the question papers of competitive examinations went viral on social media platforms before the scheduled dates. According to the students, the government is playing with their future. They said either government failed to provide jobs or "intentionally" hampers the scheduled dates in order to stick the matter between the aspirants and the judiciary.
Earlier last year, examination of the state’s civil services (preliminary) examination was held by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) on May 8 and was cancelled within hours after it got leaked online.
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