BPSC exam row: MP Pappu Yadav's supporters stage rail blockade in Patna

Protesters cause train delay demanding cancellation of Bihar PSC exam, leading to FIR against Prashant Kishor.

Supporters of independent MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on Friday (January 3, 2025) held a rail blockade at a station to press their demand for cancellation of the recent Bihar PSC exam, police said.

They gathered at the Sachiwalay Halt Railway Station and squatted on the tracks for a brief period, which caused a delay in the movement of trains, an official said.

"Protesters stopped the Buxar-Fatuha passenger train at Sachivalaya Halt Station around 9 a.m. on Friday (January 3). The train was stopped for 20 minutes and after that, it left the station," East Central Railway chief public relation officer Saraswati Chandra told PTI.

Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor has been on fast unto death since Thursday (January 2, 2025) to press the demand for the cancellation of the 70th Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) on December 13.

Mr. Kishor's protest site was barely a couple of kilometres from Gardani Bagh where civil service aspirants have been holding a round-the-clock sit-in for nearly two weeks.

The administration said the fast unto death at Gandhi Maidan is "illegal as it is not the designated site for holding protests", an official said.

The district police on Thursday registered an FIR against Mr. Kishor and others for the demonstration at the restricted site.