A delegation of BPSC candidates led by Jan Suraj Party working president Manoj Bharti had reached Patna Raj Bhavan to meet Governor Arif Mohammad Khan. After the meeting, Manoj Bharti said that a delegation of 70th BPSC exam candidates met the Governor. Told the whole thing to the Governor. He listened to them patiently. He said that he is listening to them but he had called them to request that they talk to Prashant Kishor who is on strike for them and tell him that the Governor has heard them and he has to take cognizance of the matter. assured, and that they should end their protest.
Manoj Bharti said that the Governor said that he will give necessary instructions to the concerned officials regarding the demands of the candidates. At the same time, Jan Suraj Party claimed on Sunday that the Patna district administration stopped it from setting up a camp on private land, allegedly on the orders of the Bihar government, as the government was ‘frightened’ by the opposition of party founder Prashant Kishore. The district administration denied the allegation, claiming that it had stopped the party from setting up a ‘pandal’ on ‘unsurveyed government land’.
In a statement on social media, the party hit out at the Nitish Kumar government by saying that Kishor’s current fast unto death in protest against alleged irregularities in the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) examination has frightened the state government and the administration has shifted him to ‘private land’ near Marine Drive. ‘ But the camp was not allowed to be set up. On the party’s allegation, a district administration official said, “This is not a private land.” This is unsurveyed government land on the banks of Ganga. Therefore, no such activity can be carried out on this land.
Jan Suraj Party founder Prashant Kishore was discharged from a hospital in Patna on Saturday after his health improved. The party gave this information in a statement. However, Kishor (47) is continuing his fast unto death which he started on January 2 in protest against alleged irregularities in the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) examination held last month. The statement said, “Prashant Kishor’s fast continues in support of BPSC candidates. He was discharged from the hospital in the evening after his health improved. More information about his Satyagraha will be given tomorrow (Sunday).
