BPSC Protests: ‘BJP’s double engine in Bihar image of double atrocities on youth’, says Priyanka Gandhi
Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday expressed her displeasure over the “inhumane” remedy of pupil protestors in Bihar who’ve been demanding the cancellation of the Built-in Mixed (Preliminary) Aggressive Examination (CCE) 2024 performed by the Bihar Public Service Fee (BPSC). She mentioned that the double-engine authorities of the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) has develop into an emblem of double “atrocities” on youth.
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Gandhi lashed out on the Bihar authorities over lathi cost in opposition to college students by the police and the usage of water cannons in opposition to them in the course of the chilly climate. She mentioned that as a substitute of curbing corruption, it was the scholars whose voices have been being suppressed.
“College students have been oppressed for the second time in three days in Bihar. It’s the authorities’s job to cease corruption, rigging and paper leaks in examinations. However as a substitute of stopping corruption, college students are being prevented from elevating their voices. Water cannons and lathicharge on youth on this harsh chilly are inhuman. BJP’s double engine has develop into an emblem of double atrocities on the youth,” Gandhi, who’s Congress MP from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, posted on X.
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The BPSC aspirants have been joined by Jan Suraaj Celebration founder Prashant Kishor earlier, who accused the Bihar authorities of turning democracy into “lathi-tantra.” He mentioned that the scholars had the suitable to protest in public areas.
Nonetheless, in a viral video shared by Unbiased MP from Purnea Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on Monday morning, Kishor bought right into a verbal spat with a few of the protesting college students. Within the video, Kishor mentioned, “Ye naya naya neta abhi…abhi kambal mange ho humse aur…” which upset the scholars.
Taking a dig at Kishor, Yadav mentioned that the Jan Suraaj Celebration (JSP) founder was himself a brand new chief and was displaying off his energy.
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“Prashant (Kishor) himself has develop into a brand new chief and is threatening the scholars, displaying off his energy. In the present day when he does not have the electoral energy to the fullest, he’s dripping with vanity. Massive governments have fallen earlier than the scholars. Who’re you? College students have been being crushed up by the police and also you turned your again and ran away. You abused them for asking questions?” Yadav posted on X.
Earlier, RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav additionally condemned the lathi cost on protesting Bihar Public Service Fee (BPSC) aspirants, who’re looking for a re-examination of the seventieth BPSC prelims.
In a video assertion, the previous Bihar Deputy Chief Minister mentioned, “It is rather painful how BPSC aspirants have been crushed up by the police. Many individuals are badly injured on this… We condemn this. The visuals which have surfaced are painful. I’m a youth, and I can perceive their scenario. Firstly, individuals have been protesting in opposition to normalisation.”
He highlighted that the RJD raised the problem within the Vidhan Sabha and introduced the matter to the eye of the Bihar authorities.
Earlier, Bihar police lathicharged and used water cannon to disperse the protesting BPSC aspirants in Gandhi Maidan, Patna, on Sunday. SP Metropolis Sweety Sahrawat mentioned that the scholars pushed the police after which they used water cannon on them.
In the meantime, one of many aspirants mentioned that they will not to be a sufferer of politics and an try is being made to divert the problem.
