Pappu Yadav joins student protesters in Bihar, stages hunger strike
Mr. Yadav alleged there were marking inconsistencies in the 70th BPSC exam, frequent question paper leaks, police brutality against protesting students in the state, and disproportionate weightage to the English language in government exams
Independent MP Pappu Yadav, who backs the INDIA alliance, initiated a hunger strike on August 16, 2026, at a protest site in Patna against alleged irregularities in the 70th Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) exams and other concerns. Research scholars, BPSC and Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) aspirants, are demonstrating in Patna's Gardanibagh area over a range of issues, such as new recruitment rules for assistant professors and discrepancies in the state civil services exam.
Yadav contends the 70th BPSC exam should be cancelled and re-administered. Research scholars have been on hunger strike for 13 days, but their grievances go unheeded by the chief minister and Bihar's education minister. The latter prefers introducing the UPSC mains pattern for BPSC, which Yadav deems illogical. He accuses the government of marking errors in the 70th BPSC exam, frequent question paper leaks, police violence against protesting students, and excessive emphasis on English in government exams.
The government admitted to the leaked question paper of the 70th BPSC examination, a recurring issue. Yadav brands the government as perpetually unjust to students and unresponsive to their concerns. He also criticizes Prime Minister Narendra Modi for branding all educated youth of India as "intellectual Naxals," a remark Modi made in his Independence Day speech on August 15.
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