Students in Bihar break through barricades in bid to gherao CM residence, police use water cannons
Students in Patna, Bihar, clashed with police while protesting against the Bihar Public Service Commission's recruitment processes. The demonstrators, who are demanding exam reforms and transparency, broke through barricades before being met with water cannons.
Why it matters
The unrest highlights growing youth dissatisfaction with government recruitment transparency and exam integrity in India's public sector.
Protesting students broke through police barricades in their bid to g herao t he Bihar Chief Minister's residence in Patna even as the law enforcers used water cannons to disperse the agitators.
A large number of BPSC (Bihar Public Service Commission) TRE-4 aspirants, along with other students, began their pre-announced march from Patna's Gandhi Maidan and reached Dak Bungalow crossing where police detained several individuals.
The students, many of whom were carrying the tricolour in their hands, jostled with the police and broke through barricades at the Dak Bungalow crossing.
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