Rahul Gandhi extends support to BPSC protests, promises to raise it in Parliament

In the video, students explain to Gandhi how the leaked question papers did the rounds on social media and they were beaten up by the police for protesting peacefully.Gandhi assures them of raising their issue in Parliament after hearing their grievances and demands.Gandhi on Saturday had expressed his backing for the protests against alleged irregularities in BPSC exams by visiting the site of the nearly a month-old agitation here and spending several minutes with aggrieved students.After Gandhi winded up his pre-decided engagements in Patna on Saturday, a delegation of students had called on him at a hotel.The delegation then urged him to visit Gardani Bagh where several aspirants have been on a round-the-clock protest seeking cancellation of the Combined Competitive Exam held last month.Notably, over four lakh candidates had appeared for the exams at more than 900 centres across the state on December 13 when hundreds boycotted the test alleging that question papers had been leaked.The BPSC denied the allegations but ordered re-examination for more than 12,000 candidates who had been assigned Bapu Pariksha Parisar in the city, evoking resentment among other aspirants who have contended that they were being deprived of a “level playing field.”



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