In the eastern Indian state of Bihar, ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, thousands of students and unemployed youth took to the streets of Patna on Tuesday, clashing with police who used water cannons and batons to disperse the demonstrators. The protests were a response to demands for access to jobs, transparency in recruitment exams, and education reforms, one month after massive Gen Z protests in New Delhi pushed for the ouster of India's Education Minister over alleged irregularities in conducting key competitive examinations. The government detained at least 25 protesters in Patna and later released them, while local police accused some demonstrators of attacking security personnel. Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary said his office was "listening to every student's voice," and a delegation of student representatives met the state's top bureaucrat for a positive discussion regarding the protesters' demands. The tight employment market in India makes government jobs, offering long-term stability, highly sought after by millions. Similar demonstrations have been held in other states challenging both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition parties. In southern Karnataka, members of a BJP-linked student body staged a protest over alleged irregularities in recruitment for government jobs. The Cockroach movement, which organized massive youth-led protests in New Delhi, has announced a march next month to protest against what it says is the Modi government's failure to fulfill several promises of change, including the withdrawal of police cases against protesters.