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Jharkhand objection drops journalists, lawyer from student talk list
Jharkhand officials objected to two journalists and a lawyer speaking at a student protest event, leading to their removal from the list of speakers, NDTV reports. The students have been demanding cancellation…
The Story in Brief
Jharkhand officials objected to two journalists and a lawyer speaking at a student protest event, leading to their removal from the list of speakers, NDTV reports. The students have been demanding cancellation of the 14th Jharkhand PSC Civil Services Examination and an independent probe into alleged irregularities in the recruitment test.
The dropped speakers include senior journalist P Vaidyanathan Iyer and lawyer Prashant Bhushan. The protest, which has been ongoing for several weeks, accuses the Jharkhand Public Service Commission of irregularities in the examination process. The state government has not commented on the objections.
The Indian Opinion
The standard narrative frames this as state censorship versus student rights. But the real test is whether the government will address the core complaint: are the alleged irregularities in the PSC exam real or exaggerated? Watch for the independent probe the students demand. If the findings show systemic flaws, the state's action against speakers will look like a cover-up. If not, the protest loses its moral high ground. Either way, the exam's fate will settle the question.
Source: ndtv.com
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