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Jharkhand student leaders reject court stay, plan fresh protests
The JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch said it would continue pressing for transparency and fairness in Jharkhand’s recruitment system, hours after the Jharkhand High Court stayed the state government’s order cancelling the 11th to 13th civil services examinations and Food Safety Officer appointments. Movement leader Devendra Nath Mahato told a press conference that the interim order did not address the larger concerns behind the 26-day agitation, which was suspended on Wednesday after the government agreed to several demands.
India Today reports that the Manch plans to burn effigies of Chief Minister Hemant Soren across all 24 districts on Friday. Student leader Kunal Pratap Singh alleged the government’s handling of the court hearing was a deliberate trap to end the protest. The Tribune reports that around 2,700 candidates who had secured jobs through the cancelled exams also protested on Thursday outside the secretariat, demanding a rollback and arguing that action should be taken only against tainted candidates, not the meritorious. The High Court has directed the state to file a response within 15 days, the stay remains until further orders.
Indian Opinion Analysis
India Today leads with the student leaders' uncompromising stance, giving voice to allegations of government deceit and framing the protest as continuing despite the court stay. The Tribune leads with the counter-protest by already-recruited candidates, presenting the government's cancellation as affecting innocent job-holders. The NDTV source is too brief to frame independently. The measured read: both groups are victims of a broken system, the court's stay freezes the government's blanket cancellation, but the underlying demand for a credible probe remains unresolved. Watch the High Court's next hearing in 15 days.
Coverage: 3 sources, 1 government-critical, 2 neutral
Sources (3): indiatoday.in (government critical), tribuneindia.com (neutral report), ndtv.com (neutral report)
This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above. Methodology and corrections.
Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
