Overview
- Thousands of BPSC aspirants and allied student groups marched from Gandhi Maidan toward the chief minister’s residence and broke through police barricades on Tuesday, leading to lathi‑charge, water‑cannon use, arrests and injuries.
- Protesters pressed for cancellation or reform of the 70th BPSC exam, a single‑tier teachers’ recruitment test, greater transparency in hiring and fair treatment for Hindi‑medium candidates.
- Central forces including the CRPF and the Rapid Action Force were deployed after farmers joined the march, and several dozen demonstrators were detained and later released.
- Student unions and the Cockroach Janta Party have demanded withdrawal of FIRs and independent probes into alleged pellet and bullet firing, while parliamentary panels and the Supreme Court are taking up use‑of‑force claims.
- The Bihar government launched a monthly Vidyarthi Sahyog Shivir and an online grievance portal as outreach, but organisers plan a September 5 Delhi march that police say has no formal permission yet and for which security plans are being readied.