Bihar civil service protest: Why Prashant Kishor, and more than 700 others face police cases
Live MintA police case has been filed against poll strategist-turned political leader Prashant Kishor, leaders of his Jan Suraaj party, a few coaching centre owners and 700 unknown protesters over the student protests in Bihar held on Sunday. Kishore joined the students protesting against the Bihar Public Service Commission examination, and slammed the treatment of students by the Bihar government on December 29. Protest at Gandhi Maidan turns violent Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party, the police said, held a protest march without permission and led the crowd near Patna's Gandhi Maidan, which turned violent, breaking police loudspeakers and clashing with magistrates and police officers on duty. The protesting students in Patna are demanding the cancellation of the Integrated Combined Competitive Examination 2024 conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission on December 13 The students gathered at Gandhi Maidan before marching towards JP Golambar, intending to proceed to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's residence.