Bihar job protests: Aspirants detained after police scuffle during Lok Bhavan march

Biha
job
aspi a ts
detai ed
afte
clash
with
police
du i g
Lok
Bhava
ma ch.
Photo
c edit:
ANI

NEW
DELHI:
Police
detai ed
seve al
job
aspi a ts
i
Pat a
o
Satu day
afte
a
p otest
ma ch
towa ds
Lok
Bhava
tu ed
te se.
Demo st ato s
clashed
with
secu ity
pe so el
while
dema di g
g eate
t a spa e cy
i
gove me t
ec uitme t.A
la ge
umbe
of
aspi a ts
took
pa t
i
the
ma ch,
which
was
stopped
ea
R-Golumbe
afte
police
put
up
ba icades,
officials
said.A
scuffle
b oke
out
whe
p oteste s
t ied
to
b each
the
ba icades,
followi g
which
secu ity
pe so el
used
“mild
fo ce”
to
dispe se
them.
Seve al
p oteste s
we e
subseque tly
detai ed,
they
said.City
SP
(Ce t al)
Mamta
Kalya i
told
ews
age cy
PTI,
“Adequate
fo ces
have
bee
deployed
to
ha dle
a y
situatio .”The
p oteste s
a e
seeki g
adhe e ce
to
UGC
ules
fo
p ofesso
appoi tme ts,
a
highe
age
limit,
a
si gle-tie
BPSC
TRE-4
exam
a d
a
level
playi g
field
fo
Hi di-medium
ca didates,
amo g
othe
dema ds.

Guest
faculty
membe s
of
u ive sities
i
Biha
a d
PhD
holde s
have
bee
p otesti g
fo
ove
a
fo t ight,
seeki g
impleme tatio
of
UGC
Regulatio
2018
i
the
appoi tme t
of
assista t
p ofesso s,
aisi g
the
maximum
age
limit
fo
applica ts
to
55
yea s,
egula isatio
of
assista t
p ofesso
appoi tme ts
a d
impleme tatio
of
a
domicile
policy.

The
p otesto s
have
also
sought
the
esig atio
of
highe
educatio
mi iste
Sa jay
Si gh
Tige
a d
additio al
chief
sec eta y
Dipak
Kuma
Si gh,
who
held
a
meeti g
with
the
demo st ato s
a
few
days
ago
to
so t
out
the
matte .The
latest
p otest
comes
a
day
afte
leade
of
oppositio
i
the
Biha
Assembly,
Tejashwi
Yadav,
met
job
aspi a ts
p otesti g
i
Pat a
a d
exte ded
the
RJD’s
suppo t
to
thei
dema ds.“Toyi g
with
the
futu e
of
stude ts
is
u acceptable.
All
of
us
will
fight
this
battle
togethe
a d
up oot
this
i compete t
gove me t,”
he
said.Yadav
said,
“We
sta d
i
suppo t
of
all
the
stude ts
a d
job
aspi a ts
p otesti g
he e.
We
have
epeatedly
u ged
the
gove me t
to
fulfil
thei
dema ds.
We
hit
the
st eets
a
few
days
ago
a d
will
do
that
agai
if
eed
be.”The
agitatio
has
co ti ued
despite
the
BPSC
issui g
a
otificatio
o
Tuesday
fo
ec uitme t
to
mo e
tha
32,000
posts.

“The
gove me t
should
ef ai
f om
expe ime ti g
with
TRE-4
exams,
which
a e
al eady
delayed
by
a ou d
two
yea s.
Eve
if
the
gove me t
wishes
to
co duct
the
two-tie
exam,
i cludi g
mai s,
fo
BPSC,
they
should
do
it
f om
TRE-5
because
aspi a ts
have
al eady
lost
too
much
time,”
stude t
leade
Dileep
Kuma
told
PTI
o
Thu sday.He
also
dema ded
the
withd awal
of
the
25
pe
ce t
bo us
weightage
give
to
existi g
co t actual
employees
i
BSSC
exams,
calli g
it
a
“u fai
adva tage
to
co t actual
employees”.P oteste s
have
wa ed
of
fu the
escalatio .
O e
of
the
p otesti g
g oups
said
it
would
ghe ao
the
Biha
chief
mi iste ‘s
official
eside ce
o
August
25
if
the
gove me t
failed
to
hold
a
mea i gful
dialogue
by
August
24.TRE-4
p oteste s
have
also
th eate ed
to
call
a
Biha
ba dh
if
thei
dema ds
a e
ot
co side ed.