‘Dialogue, not batons’: Jharkhand CM Soren’s message to youth protesting for ‘justice’ over exam leaks

Hema t
So e
assu es
stude ts
o
‘t a spe a cy
a d
justice’
ove
alleged
exam
leaks

NEW
DELHI:

Jha kha d
chief
mi iste

Hema t
So e
o
Su day
u ged
youths
p otesti g
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exams
ot
to
seek
political
pat o age
o
allow
thei
agitatio
to
be
politicised,
sayi g
dialogue,
athe
tha
bato s,
was
the
way
to
esolve
issues.”Samvad
a d
ot
‘lathi-da da-ba dook’
(dialogue,
ot
bato s),
ca
solve
all
p oblems,”
So e
said
while
add essi g
the
Jha kha d
Adivasi
Mahotsav
i
Ra chi.”Weapo s
a e
mea t
fo
e emies
at
the
bo de .
I
p omise
the
exam
p oteste s
that
justice
will
be
delive ed
with
full
t a spa e cy,”
the
chief
mi iste
added.So e
fu the
wa ed
political
pa ties
a d
those
with
“political
ambitio s”
agai st
misleadi g
the
p otesti g
youths
th ough
lies
a d
misi fo matio .”The
sti
should
ot
be
politicised;
I
wa
those
ha bou i g
political
ambitio s
agai st
misguidi g
youths,”
he
said.”I
u ge
youths
ot
to
seek
political
pat o age
(fo
thei
sti );
justice
is
you
ight,”
So e
added.The
chief
mi iste
said
the
co ce s
of
the
p otesti g
stude ts
we e
also
his
ow
a d
assu ed
them
that
those
fou d
guilty
of
i egula ities
would
face
st ict
actio .
“Those
guilty
of
i egula ities
will
face
st ict
actio .

We
caught
theft,
will
delive
justice,”
he
said.So e
also
alleged
that
vested
i te ests
we e
attempti g
to
dis upt
democ acy
i
Jha kha d
a d
accused
ival
political
pa ties,
appa e tly
efe i g
to
the
BJP,
of
t yi g
to
mislead
the
state’s
youth.

The
p otests
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exams
e te ed
thei
16th
day
o
Su day,
with
six
demo st ato s
o
a
i defi ite
hu ge
st ike.A
sixth
ou d
of
talks
betwee
the
state
gove me t
a d
the
agitato s
was
held
at
the
state
guest
house
i
Ra chi.The
p oteste s
a e
seeki g
efo ms
i
the
Jha kha d
Public
Se vice
Commissio
(JPSC)
a d
Jha kha d
Staff
Selectio
Commissio
(JSSC),
alo g
with
a
i depe de t
p obe
i to
the
alleged
i egula ities.
They
have
dema ded
eithe
a
CBI
i vestigatio
o
a
i qui y
by
a
pa el
of
eti ed
high
cou t
judges
f om
outside
the
state.So e
also
efe ed
to
the
p otests
ove
the
NEET
exam
pape
leak
at
Delhi’s
Ja ta
Ma ta ,
sayi g,
“All
saw
how
youths
we e
to tu ed,
had
to
face
pellet
gu s,
bato
cha ges,
a d
we e
decla ed
t aito s.”