J'khand Exam Stir: 110 ABVP Workers Detained During March to Assembly over Police Action on Students
BJP leaders say the shutdown protests police force used against job aspirants and demand a CBI probe into alleged recruitment exam irregularities.
- On Tuesday, the Jharkhand BJP enforced a statewide bandh protesting police action against job aspirants during Monday's march to the Jharkhand Assembly in Ranchi. Schools and businesses remained shut across several cities.
- Thousands of job aspirants breached barricades near the Jharkhand Assembly on Monday, demanding JPSC and JSSC reforms and exam cancellations. Police responded with water cannons, tear gas, and lathi-charges, leaving 14 policemen injured.
- JLKM leader Devendra Nath Mahto, on a nine-day hunger strike, joined the march in an ambulance before being admitted to Ranchi Sadar Hospital. His condition deteriorated following the police action, the Cockroach Janta Party stated.
- Union MoS Sanjay Seth accused the government of brutality, citing lathi-charges and tear gas. Congress general secretary K C Venugopal alleged the BJP created a "fake crowd" by transporting workers from West Bengal to dilute public anger.
- Protesters continue demanding an independent CBI investigation into JPSC-JSSC recruitment irregularities and wider reforms. Since agitation began July 25, political parties trade accusations over handling student grievances, leaving Jharkhand tense.
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Protests Grip Ranchi: ABVP Workers Detained After Clash with Police During, BJP Enforces Bandh Following Police Action on JPSC-JSSC Aspirants
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The renewed demonstrations follow a dramatic "Vidhan Sabha gherao" march in Ranchi on Monday by protestors demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into alleged recruitment irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC). India News | Protests Grip Ranchi: ABVP Workers Detained After Clash with Police …
Jharkhand JPSC Protest: Beyond one examination
The first thing one notices at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium in Ranchi is not the slogans. It is the books. A copy of Indian Polity lies open on one side. Beside it are handwritten current affairs notes, previous years’ question papers, and a half-finished cup of tea. Rainwater has seeped beneath the plastic sheets covering the protest site, forcing students to shift their bags repeatedly to keep their books dry. A few metres away, young men and wo…
Jharkhand protest: ABVP workers detained, House adjourned early
Ranchi: The protest in Jharkhand continued to snowball on Tuesday, August 11. While more than 100 Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) workers were detained outside the state Assembly, marching in protest against police action on demonstrators agitating over alleged recruitment exam irregularities, BJP legislators raised the same issue inside the House. The uproar eventually led the Speaker to adjourn the Assembly sine die, a day before the…
'Fire will spread, cannot intimidate...': Prashant Kishor slams lathi charge on Jharkhand students
“When people are troubled by paper leaks, troubled by the collapsed education system, and troubled by unemployment, the youth will inevitably take to the streets,” Prashant Kishor said.
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