New Delhi:
The matter of cancellation of BPSC pre-examination has reached the Supreme Court. A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court, requesting that the pre-examination of BPSC be canceled as there was a lot of rigging in it. Besides, a demand has also been made to suspend the SP and DM. Let us inform that amidst the allegations of rigging and protests in the examination, the combined (preliminary) competitive examination of Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC), which was held again on Saturday at 22 centers in Patna, was completed amidst tight security arrangements. But the protesting students are demanding cancellation of the examination held at all the centres.
Alleging that the question paper of a joint competitive examination conducted by BPSC on December 13 was leaked, hundreds of candidates had boycotted the examination conducted at Bapu Examination Center in the city. On this, the Commission had ordered to conduct the examination again for 12000 candidates. Under this order, the candidates were asked to appear in the examination to be conducted afresh on January 4 at various centers in the city.
However, the Commission believes that the examination was conducted properly at the remaining 911 centers in Bihar and no complaints were made from more than five lakh candidates who appeared in this examination. But a section of candidates started an agitation demanding re-examination be ordered for all centers to ensure ‘level playing field’.
The protesters also claimed that they had provided ‘evidence’ to the authorities that the malpractice was widespread and was not limited to Bapu examination centre. BPSC has rejected his claim. The demand for cancellation of the combined competitive examination conducted by BPSC on December 13 gained momentum when the agitating candidates started getting support from various political parties, independent MP Pappu Yadav and Jan Suraj founder Prashant Kishore.
Many MLAs and leaders of Congress, CPI(ML), CPI and CPI(M) have also supported the protesting candidates. These candidates are demanding that a fresh examination be conducted for all the five lakh candidates appearing at more than 900 centers across the state, to ensure ‘level playing field’.