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Jharkhand students demand CBI probe amid 16-day stir, sixth round of talks today
Jharkhand students demand CBI probe amid 16-day stir, sixth round of talks today
The Jharkhand government will hold a sixth round of talks at 12 noon on Sunday with student groups protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC)…
The Story in Brief
The Jharkhand government will hold a sixth round of talks at 12 noon on Sunday with student groups protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC). Five rounds of talks over the weekend failed to break the 16-day deadlock.
Student leader Devendra Nath Mahto, on hunger strike for a week, saw his blood glucose level drop to 53 around 3 am on Sunday. Doctors said his condition was stable but that he had refused hospitalisation. The JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch has accused the government of "political manoeuvring" by holding separate meetings with different organisations. The protesters are demanding cancellation of the 14th JPSC Civil Services Examination and a probe by the CBI, CID, or a panel of retired high court judges from outside the state. The CID has arrested 19 people so far. A march to the Assembly is planned for August 10 if demands are not met.
The Indian Opinion
The government's insistence on holding separate talks with different student factions smacks of divide-and-rule. The real test is whether it will concede the core demand, a CBI or retired high-court-judge probe into the recruitment scam. The CID has already arrested 19 people; the number of arrests in the coming weeks will tell us if the investigation has teeth, or if this is just another exercise in damage control.
Sources (9): hindustantimes.com, thehindu.com, indiatvnews.com, deccanherald.com, thehindu.com (2), indiatoday.in, indiatoday.in (2), timesnownews.com, timesnownews.com (2)
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Updated: this story now draws on 9 sources.
