Barricades broken, water cannons used: Bihar protests turn violent as protesters clash with cops
The student organisations have been opposing the Bihar Public Service Commission’s move to fill 33,000 teacher posts following a preliminary and main exam.
Fresh protests erupted in Patna, Bihar on August 25, as hundreds of students marched towards the residence of Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, clashing with security personnel. The demonstration was organized to protest against the proposed fourth Teacher Recruitment Examination (TRE-4), with students demanding changes to the examination pattern, including a single-stage exam, removal of negative marking, and 100% domicile-based recruitment.
The BPSC has announced the examination will be conducted in two stages, with negative marking remaining in place. Students have been holding a sit-in at Gardanibagh since August 18, with over a dozen groups participating in the protest. The immediate dispute centers around the TRE-4 examination pattern, with students preferring a single, negative-marking-free examination over the proposed two-stage process.
The BPSC maintains that negative marking discourages guessing and that all their examinations follow this provision. The controversy intensified after BPSC examination controller Rajesh Kumar Singh made remarks during a press conference, which were perceived as insensitive to the students' concerns.
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