Teacher Aspirants Fight Pitched Battle With Cops | Patna News – Times of India
Patna: Police on Monday resorted to baton charge to get Nehru Path (Bailey Road) cleared from protesters, who had blocked the road to press their demand of ‘one candidate, one result’ policy for Teachers Recruitment Exam (TRE)-3, which was conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC).
Over 100 teacher aspirants, carrying tricolour and banners, marched towards the BPSC office on Nehru Path, demanding that counselling be held before the results to avoid seats remaining vacant and ensure fairness.They also sought resolution of issues of previous exams—TRE 1.0 and TRE 2.0.
As soon as the protestors reached Punaichak, they were intercepted by the police and asked to return. However, when they refused to comply with the police order, they were baton charged in which several candidates were injured. The police took the leader of the protestors, Dileep Kumar, into custody. They soon sat on the road and demanded release of Kumar. After some time, the teacher aspirants again marched towards the BPSC office. The police again resorted to baton charge to stop them, they were chased and beaten up.
Sushil Kumar, SDPO-I of Sachivalaya police station, said the students had come to gherao the BPSC office on Monday morning, but they were stopped by the police near the Lalit Bhawan. “When some of the protestors tried to block the Nehru Path, the police stopped them and were sent back. No force was used by the police,” he said.
Neeraj Kumar, a candidate alleged, “The police suppressed our protest by wield batons on us, but we will continue fighting for our rights. We wanted to meet the BPSC chairman peacefully and put forth our demands, but this could not happen because of the police’s action.”
Another aspirant, Manish Keshri said there are many candidates who cleared the exam for various categories of teacher’s post but the counselling was done only for one post while the rest of the posts remained vacant in TRE 1.0 and TRE 2.0, thereby blocking the prospects of other candidates.
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