BJP agitators scuffle with police during TBSE irregularities protest in Agartala

Activists affiliated with student outfits of various political parties staged protests against alleged irregularities in Tripura Higher Secondary (+2) Science results, announced by Tripura Board of Secondary Education (TBSE).

A section of activists belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) youth front turned unruly and broke glasses requiring police scuffle and intervention to stop the protesters demanding the resigning of the TBSE president.

The agitators alleged that with political intention the mistake was done purposefully in the result.

Senior police officials including SP (west) Abhijeet Saptarshi reached the spot to control the agitations.

Finally the board president Mihir Deb came down to speak with the agitators and pacified them accepting mistake in the published result that was uploaded in various websites and in which the practical marks of various science subjects were not mentioned.

Deb assured the agitators of corrective action and step against those found guilty.

TBSE admits mistakes in results, announces correction in mark sheets.

Keeping in view the urgent need of science students to appear at all India level exams for admission to institutions of higher education including medical and engineering colleges, TBSE authority resorted to haste in declaring the results on Saturday . But the websites where the TBSE had uploaded results were found to be containing serious mistakes.

Responding to a series of complaints from students, guardians the president of TBSE later issued a statement on Saturday in the evening that the result uploaded in the websites are incorrect and students will get the actual result from their mark sheets to be provided in their respective school by Monday.