Exam protest: ‘Political manoeuvring’, says student group as Jharkhand govt announces fresh talks

Aug
8
(PTI):
The
JPSC-JSSC
Refo ms
Ma ch,
a
p omi e t
stude ts’
g oup
spea headi g
the
p otest
i
Jha kha d
agai st
alleged
exam
i egula ities,
o
Satu day
accused
the
state
gove me t
of
“political
ma oeuv i g”
by
a ou ci g
it
would
hold
a othe
ou d
of
talks
with
the
demo st ato s.

The
g oup
alleged
that
despite
placi g
all
poi ts
befo e
the
gove me t
du i g
a
meeti g
o
F iday
ight,
the
pa el
chose
to
call
Co g ess
a d
JMM-affiliated
stude ts’
bodies
who
had
o
ole
i
the
agitatio
a d
took
thei
cha te
of
dema ds
o
Satu day.

“This
is
political
ma oeuv i g
by
the
gove me t.
It
is
t yi g
to
c eate
a
divide
amo g
stude ts
a d
dive t
people’s
atte tio .
But,
they
should
k ow
all
stude ts
a e
u ited,”
said
Ravi d a
Paswa ,
a
leade
of
JPSC-JSSC
Refo ms
Ma ch.

“We
a e
ve y
agg ieved
a d
upset
by
this
attitude
of
the
gove me t,”
he
said.

Paswa
added
that
if
the
gove me t
fails
to
meet
thei
dema ds
by
Su day,
mo e
tha
50,000
stude ts
f om
ac oss
the
state
would
a ive
i
Ra chi
to
pa ticipate
i
a
ma ch
to
the
assembly
o
August
10.

“O e
of
ou
membe s,
Rahul
K a ti,
who
had
bee
holdi g
a
i defi ite
fast,
is
ow
st uggli g
fo
his
life
at
the
Sada
Hospital.
Ou
th ee
f ie ds
a e
he e
o
a
hu ge
st ike.
If
a y
u towa d
i cide ts
happe
to
them,
the
who
is
goi g
to
be
accou table?”
he
asked.

A
gove me t
pa el
comp isi g
mi iste s
Dipika
Pa dey
Si gh,
Sudivya
Kuma ,
Cham a
Li da
a d
Sa jay
P asad
Yadav
has
held
five
ou ds
of
talks
with
va ious
agitati g
outfits
si ce
F iday
ight,
but
failed
to
b eak
the
deadlock
as
the
p otesti g
job
aspi a ts
decided
that
thei
sti
would
co ti ue
u til
all
thei
dema ds
a e
met.

Besides
the
JPSC-JSSC
Refo ms
Ma ch,
the
othe
stude t
bodies
that
took
pa t
i
sepa ate
meeti gs
i cluded
NSUI,
Jha kha d
Chhat a
Ma ch
a d
Adivasi
Chhat a
Sa gh.

The
Jha kha d
gove me t
will
hold
a
sixth
ou d
of
talks
with
stude ts
p otesti g
the
alleged
exam
i egula ities
i
the
state
befo e
eachi g
a
fi al
decisio ,
said
a
membe
of
the
pa el
tasked
with
holdi g
dialogue
with
the
demo st ato s.

The
talks
will
be
held
a ou d
12
pm,
the
membe
said
afte
the
pa el
held
a
fou -hou
meeti g
with
Chief
Mi iste
Hema t
So e ,
app aisi g
him
about
the
p og ess
achieved
du i g
the
p evious
five
ou ds
of
dialogue
with
the
p oteste s.

The
agitato s
a e
dema di g
comp ehe sive
efo m
i
the
Jha kha d
Public
Se vice
Commissio
(JPSC)
a d
Jha kha d
Staff
Selectio
Commissio
(JSSC),
besides
a
i depe de t
p obe
i to
the
alleged
i egula ities,
eithe
by
the
CBI
o
a
pa el
of
eti ed
high
cou t
judges
f om
outside
the
state.
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