Prashant Kishor taken into custody in Patna over BPSC row

By  News On Air   Jan 05, 2025

In Bihar, Jan Suraj party leader Prashant Kishor was today taken into custody in Patna over BPSC row. In the early morning crackdown against Kishor and his supporters, police evicted them forcefully from the venue at Gandhi Statue at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.

Prashant Kishor was sitting on an indefinite hunger strike demanding cancellation of the 70th State Civil Services preliminary test organized by Bihar Public Service Commission earlier on 13th December 2024 following allegations of paper leak. After arrest, Mr Kishor was taken to AIIMS Patna.

Earlier, the district administration had warned Kishor and asked him to vacate the area as he was sitting in a prohibited zone at Gandhi Maidan. During the eviction process, a scuffle took place in which the police allegedly slapped Prashant Kishor. The Jan Suraj party leader was on a hunger strike since 2nd January over five-point main demands on behalf of aspirants including reexamination of the BPSC test. BPSC Chairman, Ravi Manubhai Parmar has denied that there was any leak of the question paper.