BPSC Protest : Jan Suraj chief Prashant Kishore on Friday expressed his continued support for the ongoing agitation. At the BPSC protest at Gandhi Maidan demanding the cancellation of the Bihar Civil Services ( BPSC ) exam over the alleged paper leak incident, Kishore said the protest will continue. "This protest will continue. I have been working in Bihar for the last two-and-a-half years. If I don't do politics, what will I do?" He responded to allegations that his participation was politically motivated, saying "If you beat up someone, and I am sitting here in his support - and then you call it politics, then I am doing politics."

Nitish Kumar does not want to work- Prashant Kishore

Prashant Kishor also criticised Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and claimed that Kumar was more focused on retaining power than meeting the needs of the people. The Jan Suraj chief said that Nitish Kumar does not want to work; he only wants to stay in power, and that is why he did not help the people of Bihar during Covid times. He is not worried about other things but only about staying in power.

Earlier on Thursday, Kishor had started an indefinite hunger strike demanding cancellation of BPSC exams over the alleged paper leak incident. Kishor joined the protest of BPSC aspirants at Gandhi Maidan on Thursday and criticised Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for not meeting the students. He said that this is against the arrogant government (of Bihar), whose leader CM Nitish Kumar did not even deem it fit to meet the students, while the students had agreed to withdraw the agitation after the CM said that exams cannot be held... Students were beaten up by officials... There is only one way for people like us, so I am on an indefinite hunger strike. The protesting students in Patna are demanding the cancellation of the Integrated Combined (Preliminary) Competitive Examination (CCE) 2024 conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) on December 13. Meanwhile, this morning, supporters of Purnia MP Pappu Yadav organised a Rail Roko at the Secretariat Halt railway station to support the students' protest against the BPSC, which were dispersed by the police.