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Jharkhand students breach barricades; fasting leader joins march in ambulance
Jharkhand students breach barricades; fasting leader joins march in ambulance
Thousands of students marched to the Jharkhand assembly on Monday, breaching multiple layers of barbed-wire barricades as police used water cannons and carried out mild lathicharge. Protester Devendra Nath Mahto, on a…
The Story in Brief
Thousands of students marched to the Jharkhand assembly on Monday, breaching multiple layers of barbed-wire barricades as police used water cannons and carried out mild lathicharge. Protester Devendra Nath Mahto, on a nine-day hunger strike over alleged recruitment exam irregularities, joined the march in an ambulance, saying the government 'will have to listen'.
The protesters demand cancellation of the JSSC-CGL exam and a CBI probe. The government says it has accepted 98 per cent of demands, but protesters insist only three of 13 exams were scrapped. The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case. Three JPSC members resigned after being summoned by the CID.
The Indian Opinion
Both the government and protesters accuse each other of inviting chaos, but the real contest is over trust. The government's '98 per cent' claim rings hollow when the central demand, cancelling the JSSC-CGL exam, remains unresolved. The CID and ED probes and a fast-track court are welcome, but students ask: will they cover the exam at the heart of the anger? The number that matters is how many of the 13 listed exams are actually scrapped.
Sources (7): timesnownews.com, news.abplive.com, indiatoday.in, timesnownews.com (2), timesnownews.com (3), timesnownews.com (4), thefederal.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 7 sources.
