Kishor was sitting a hunger strike since Thursday to press for the cancellation of the integrated 70th combined (preliminary) competitive test conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) on December 13.

The police took him to Patna AIIMS for a medical examination, news agency PTI reported, citing supporters of Kishor.

Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor, who had been on a fast unto death to press the demand for cancellation of a Bihar PSC exam at Gandhi Maidan here was detained early on Monday,

Patna Police has vacated the place at Gandhi Maidan where Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor was sitting on a fast-unto-death with the protestors

Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, who was sitting on an indefinite hunger strike at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna, was detained by the Bihar police on Monday morning.

Prashant Kishor, in solidarity with other protesting students, was sitting on hunger strike to press for the demand for cancellation of the integrated 70th combined (preliminary) competitive test conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) on December 13.

Calling him a ‘tall leader’, Prashant Kishor said Tejashwi Yadav should have taken the lead in the BPSC protest instead of him

Prashant Kishor said that the protest was "above party politics", and invited Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav to join the students' movement.

Prashant Kishor joined the protesting students around 1 am amidst dense fog, expressing solidarity with their demand to cancel the BPSC examination.