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BPSC Students Protest: BPSC Candidates on Street in Patna; 15 student unions march, demand reexamination with inquiry into paper leak
Samira Vishwas | August 25, 2026 9:24 PM CST

  • Elgar of BPSC students in Patna
  • Break the barricades and march towards the Raj Bhavan
  • Demand for cancellation of 70th exam

 

BPSC Students Protest: A month ago there was a protest in Delhi under the leadership of Cockroach Janata Party. Competition has increased due to private sector education. Parents are spending lakhs of rupees on coaching classes for students. So now the capital of Bihar Patna Here the student unions have taken an aggressive stand against irregularities in the competitive examination and recruitment process. On Tuesday (August 25, 2026), 15 student organizations started a march from Gandhi Maidan and a large number of participating students took to the streets with tricolor, photographs of Bhagat Singh and placards of various demands.

Trying to break through the barricades

During this protest, the protesters who left Gandhi Maidan tried to enter the restricted area by moving ahead. It also came to light that the barricades erected by the police were broken. Keeping in view the situation, security arrangements were increased in many important areas of Patna. The police appealed to the protesters to maintain peace and not enter the restricted area.

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What are the major demands of students?

The protesters have raised several demands to BPSC and other recruitment processes. Students have demanded complete cancellation of additional weightage given to contract employees in recruitment. It is their stand that all the candidates should get equal opportunity and the entire recruitment process should be transparent and fair. Apart from this, BPSSC Chairman K. S. The protestors also demanded a fair inquiry into Dwivedi's wealth.

What is the Controversy of 70th BPSC Exam?

The main issue of the agitation is the 70th BPSC examination. As per the allegation of the protesting candidates, there have been irregularities in the examination and a thorough investigation is required into the alleged paper leak case. The students have demanded that the examination be canceled and the examination conducted anew. The protestors demand that the administration should give a clear answer to the questions raised regarding the reliability of the examination and clear the doubts of the candidates.

TRE 4.0 also calls for change

of students Demands are not limited to 70th BPSC exam only. A change has also been demanded in the process of the proposed Teacher Recruitment Examination i.e. TRE 4.0. The students are demanding that the TRE 4.0 examination should be conducted in a single stage manner and the system of negative marking should be abolished. Protesters claim that these changes will make the teacher recruitment process simpler and fairer for candidates.

Discussion with the students by the administration

After the protestors tried to enter the restricted area during the march, the police instructed them not to proceed further. The administration appealed to the students to maintain peace and withdraw the march. DSP Kamakhya Narayan Singh said that there was a positive discussion between senior officials and student representatives. The administration also hoped that the students would withdraw the march after the discussion.

On the one hand, the police are trying to control the situation, on the other hand, the protesters are firm on their demands. Hence the issue of 70th BPSC exam, transparency in recruitment process and proposed changes in TRE 4.0 has once again come to the center of discussion.

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