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Jharkhand protest leader refuses to end fast as govt opens talks
Jharkhand student leader Devendra Nath Mahto continued his hunger strike for the sixth day on August 8, despite doctors warning of chest infection, low blood sugar and low blood pressure.
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Jharkhand student leader Devendra Nath Mahto continued his hunger strike for the sixth day on August 8, despite doctors warning of chest infection, low blood sugar and low blood pressure.
The white sheet I am wrapped in may well become my shroud,
The Indian Opinion
The emotional rhetoric of a hunger striker willing to die for a job exam lends itself to two lazy narratives: that the government is callous, or that students are being manipulated by political parties. The truth is messier. Paper leaks have genuinely wrecked careers, but no commission can be rebuilt overnight. The concrete test is August 10: will the government announce a CBI probe and examination reforms by then, or will students have to gherao the assembly?
Sources (2): indiatoday.in, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
