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Jharkhand government calls fresh talks with job protesters on Sunday
The Jharkhand government has scheduled a final round of talks with protesting job aspirants for Sunday at noon, after five rounds of discussions over Friday and Saturday failed to end the 15-day…
The Story in Brief
The Jharkhand government has scheduled a final round of talks with protesting job aspirants for Sunday at noon, after five rounds of discussions over Friday and Saturday failed to end the 15-day agitation. Rural Development Minister Dipika Pandey Singh said the decision followed a four-hour meeting between a government panel and Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday evening.
The JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch, which has been leading the protest, accused the government of "political manoeuvring" and trying to divide students by holding parallel talks with other groups. The protesters demand cancellation of the 14th JPSC Civil Services Examination and a CBI or retired high court judges' probe into alleged irregularities. The agitation, which began July 25 at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium, has seen 19 arrests so far.
The Indian Opinion
The charge of divide-and-rule against the Hemant Soren government may be valid, but the student bodies that walked into separate meetings also gave the government room to stall. What matters now is not who talked to whom but whether Sunday's final round yields concrete action, a timeline for a CBI probe or a clear cancellation decision. The test is simple: if the Assembly march on August 10 happens or not.
Sources (2): indiatoday.in, timesnownews.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
