BPSC Paper Leaks Put Nitish Kumar’s ‘Sushasan’ In A Tight Spot Months Earlier than Bihar Polls – News18
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The scenario presently seems to be delicate because the Opposition events within the state, together with RJD and Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraj, have additionally joined the scholars whereas supporting their trigger.
Patna: Aspirants stage a protest over the alleged paper leak within the seventieth Built-in Mixed Aggressive Examination (CCE) 2024, carried out by Bihar Public Service Fee (BPSC). (Picture: PTI)
Situations of paper leaks have turn into a recurring image of administrative rot in Bihar, that has been haunting successive governments and exposing the delicate underbelly of the governance system. However the present controversy and its fast escalation over the Bihar Public Service Fee (BPSC) has put Chief Minister Nitish Kumar – the state’s Sushasan Babu – in a good spot.
It’s to be seen how Kumar weathers the storm months earlier than the state goes to polls. With the Bihar Chief Minister in Delhi to satisfy BJP’s nationwide president JP Nadda, the senior leaders of Janata Dal United (JDU) stated that there are possibilities of recent bulletins relating to the examinations, when the CM is again. The state’s chief secretary has already been assigned to satisfy a delegation of protesting college students, sources in JDU claimed.
The scenario presently seems to be delicate because the Opposition events within the state, together with RJD and Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj, have additionally joined the scholars whereas supporting their trigger. Even the NDA ally, LJP, expressed its concern. Chirag Paswan of the LJP posted on social media stating that he too sought CM’s intervention into the matter.
Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, JDU’s nationwide spokesperson, nonetheless, stated that the Opposition events, together with RJD and Congress leaders, are inciting the scholars. He additionally added that the state authorities is taking enough measures to handle the scenario and redress the grievances of the scholars.
Frequent leaks level to well-oiled racket
Frequency of such incidents throughout the state and central aggressive and repair associated examinations are so excessive and the paper-leak business is so well-oiled within the state that it prompted Nitish Kumar’s authorities to deliver a strict laws to curb the paper leaks via penal actions. Nonetheless, not a lot appears to have modified as BPSC has as soon as once more discovered itself within the eye of a political storm resulting from allegations of examination paper leaks, posing a major problem to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s administration.
Whereas paper-leaks aren’t new to Bihar’s governance system, the present controversy erupted through the Mixed Preliminary Examination, the place candidates reported receiving query papers late, with claims that the papers had been leaked previous to the examination.
Protests adopted, with aspirants demanding a re-examination and likewise stricter guidelines to stop such irregularities. The scenario rapidly escalated, with demonstrations spreading throughout Patna, together with at Gandhi Maidan, the place police allegedly resorted to water cannons and lathi costs to disperse the crowds.
This isn’t the primary time that BPSC has confronted such controversies. In 2022, the civil providers preliminary examination was cancelled following a paper leak, highlighting systemic points throughout the state’s recruitment processes. The NEET papers had been additionally leaked in Bihar. The state is but to have a strong mechanism to arrest such paper-leaks whereas the incidents are nonetheless rampant.
The recurrence of such scandals has severely eroded public belief, giving opposition events recent ammunition to query the federal government’s effectivity and accountability.
Is Sushasan Babu listening?
Opposition chief and the state’s former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav lambasted the administration, stating, “Is there even a authorities right here (in Bihar)? CM Nitish Kumar is just not able to taking a call any extra.”
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor additionally added to the stress, becoming a member of the protests and accusing the state administration of neglecting the grievances of the protestors. He criticised CM Nitish Kumar for prioritising a private journey to New Delhi over addressing the disaster and recommended that college students undertake a relay quick as a peaceable type of protest.
As protests intensify and political scrutiny will increase, Nitish Kumar’s authorities now faces mounting stress to revive credibility to the BPSC examination course of. The administration’s potential to handle the grievances of aspirants and implement strong reforms with a correct system in place shall be a litmus take a look at for Nitish Kumar’s dedication to transparency and governance sustaining his public identify – Sushasan Babu.
