Patna: Supporters of Unbiased MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav staged demonstrations throughout Patna on Sunday, as a part of a ‘Bihar Bandh’ to protest alleged irregularities within the just lately held PSC examination, disrupting visitors motion in a number of areas of the capital metropolis.
They gathered close to Patna Science School within the morning and tried to cease autos to implement the bandh known as by the Purnea MP.
Pappy Yadav’s supporters additionally burnt effigies of prime officers of the Bihar Public Service Fee on Ashok Rajpath, demanding cancellation of the mixed aggressive examination held on December 13 final yr.
They squatted on the highway close to Dak Bunglow Crossing in Patna and tried to disrupt the motion of autos.
Yadav claimed that the bandh was supported by Azad Samaj Get together chief Chandra Shekhar Azad.
“Ample safety personnel have been deployed at completely different places within the metropolis to make sure easy motion of autos. As of now, issues are utterly below management,” Patna District Justice of the Peace Chandrashekhar Singh instructed PTI.
Jan Suraaj celebration founder Prashant Kishor has additionally been observing a quick unto loss of life to press the demand for cancellation of the December 13 examination.
Kishor was on Saturday discharged from a hospital in Patna, following enchancment in his well being situation.
The previous political strategist is continuous with the ‘quick unto loss of life’ that he launched on January 2 over the problem.
The state has been witnessing protests over the Mixed Aggressive Examination carried out by the BPSC on December 13. At the same time as the federal government dismissed the allegation, a contemporary take a look at was carried out for greater than 12,000 candidates who had appeared within the take a look at at a centre in Patna.