Jan Suraaj Social gathering founder Prashant Kishor, who has been on a quick unto loss of life to press the demand for cancellation of a BPSC examination, on Sunday sought the assist of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav.
Speaking to reporters right here on the fourth day of his ‘Amran anshan’, Kishor additionally mentioned he was able to “comply with” these leaders and in the event that they have been averse to his presence, he was prepared to “withdraw”.
“I wish to inform the those who this agitation is non-political one and never being carried below the banner of my get together. Final night time, the children fashioned a 51-member discussion board known as ‘Yuva Satyagraha Samiti’ (YSS) which can steer this motion of which Prashant Kishor is only a half. All are welcome to lend assist be it Rahul Gandhi, who has 100 MPs and Tejashwi Yadav who has greater than 70 MLAs”, Kishor mentioned.
He added, “These leaders are a lot greater than us. They will get 5 lakh folks to assemble on the Gandhi Maidan…that is the time to take action. The way forward for the youth is at stake. We’re confronted with a brutal regime which has ordered lathi cost 87 occasions in simply three years”.
“Out of 51 members of the newly fashioned YSS, 42 determined to proceed this combat final night time. All members of the YSS are a part of completely different political organisations. However all of them have now come below one umbrella to unitedly combat for the reason for youth and college students. The YSS is completely a non-political discussion board. I’m right here to assist them solely….and this ‘amran anshan’ will proceed. Use of water cannons and lathi cost on protesting BPSC aspirants in Patna on December 29 by the state police, was homicide of democracy”, he mentioned.
Typically accused of being a B-team of the BJP, Kishor mentioned, “I do not assume any BJP chief may have the braveness to talk in opposition to the very authorities of which get together is a component, but when any of them comes ahead guided by conscience, he can be welcome. The state’s youth usually say that in nationwide elections, they vote for PM Narendra Modi and no person else. However the youth of Bihar have gotten nothing in return since Modi took over”.
Citing the instance of the agitation in Delhi in opposition to the controversial farm legal guidelines, Kishor remarked “The Modi authorities needed to relent after a number of months. At some point the Nitish Kumar authorities will even need to bow earlier than the youth right here”.
The Jan Suraaj founder has been fast-unto-death since Thursday to press for the demand for cancellation of the built-in 70th mixed (preliminary) aggressive check carried out by the Bihar Public Service Fee (BPSC) on December 13. Nonetheless, BPSC had ordered the retest for a choose group of candidates who had appeared within the December 13 examination, which was embroiled over allegations of query paper leak. The retest was held on Saturday at 22 centres right here.
The re-exam happened at 22 centres in Patna. Out of a complete of 12,012 candidates, round 8,111 aspirants had downloaded their admit playing cards. Nonetheless, 5,943 college students appeared for the retest on Saturday. The retest was held peacefully in any respect centres with out report of any misconduct and malpractices, the BPSC mentioned in a press release issued on Saturday.
