A police case has been filed against election strategist-turned political leader Prashant Kishore, leaders of his Jan Suraaj party, a few coaching centre owners and 700 unknown protesters over the massive student protests in Bihar held on Sunday. \u00a0They have been accused of “unauthorisedly” gathering people, instigating them and creating a law and order problem.<\/p>\n
The Jan Suraaj Party, the police said, had also held a protest march without permission and led the crowd near Patna’s Gandhi Maidan which had turned violent, breaking police loudspeakers and clashing with magistrates and police officers on duty.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Despite repeated requests by the administration, these people violated the guidelines of the administration and disrupted public order,” the police said.<\/p>\n
The police had used batons and water cannons to break up Sunday’s massive protest by the Bihar Public Service Commission aspirants, who were demanding a re-test of the 70th Combined Competitive Examination after allegations of paper leak.<\/p>\n
The students had gathered at Gandhi Maidan before marching towards JP Golambar, intending to proceed to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s residence. They wanted to meet him and discuss the issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Prashant Kishor had expressed his full support for the students. He participated in their march to JP Golambar, and announced that a students’ delegation would meet the Chief Secretary. But the students refused to meet anyone but the Chief Minister and their insistence led to the police action.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Mr Kishor had called for a “Chhatra Sansad” at Gandhi Maidan on Saturday, coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti, to discuss the students’ issues and strategise future actions. However, the city administration denied permission for the event.<\/p>\n
Jan Suraaj, a group that re-packaged itself as a political party in October this year, is expected to contest in all seats of Bihar in the next assembly election.<\/p>\n
The former election strategist converted the group at the end of a yatra and extensive travel across the state for two years.\u00a0
\nThe party, he had said, would bring about a paradigm shift in electoral politics, moving it from focus on sops to issues that ought to be election agenda.<\/p>\n
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