Jharkhand Student Protest: Talks Fail as Rival Groups Emerge, Assembly March Set for August 10

The
stude t
agitatio
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
Jha kha d& squo;s
gove me t
ec uitme t
exami atio s
i te sified
i
Ra chi
afte
ea ly
five
hou s
of
talks
betwee
p oteste s
a d
the
Hema t
So e
gove me t
failed
to
p oduce
a
fi al
ag eeme t.
The
meeti gs
we e
held
with
diffe e t
stude t
g oups
as
the
admi ist atio
sought
to
add ess
the
dema ds
aised
du i g
the
16-day
p otest.
Acco di g
to
ep ese tatives,
the
gove me t
ag eed
to
seve al
dema ds,
i cludi g
ca cellatio
of
the
14th
JPSC
exami atio
a d
backlog
exami atio s
f om
2023
a d
2025,
alo g
with
p oposed
efo ms
i
the
JPSC
system.
Howeve ,
disag eeme t
co ti ued
ove
the
ca cellatio
of
the
JSSC
CGL
exami atio
a d
exami atio s
co ducted
th ough
p ivate
age cy
TDP(L),
as
well
as
the
stude ts& squo;
dema d
fo
a
CBI
i vestigatio .
The
gove me t
has
epo tedly
i dicated
willi g ess
to
seek
a
ED
p obe
i to
alleged
fi a cial
t a sactio s
a d
have
the
CID
i vestigatio
mo ito ed
by
a
eti ed
judge.
P oteste s,
howeve ,
co ti ue
to
i sist
o
a
CBI
p obe
i to
alleged
exami atio
i egula ities.
The
talks
have
also
t igge ed
a
political
co t ove sy,
with
the
o -political
JPSC-JSSC
Refo m
Fo um
objecti g
to
sepa ate
egotiatio s
with
g oups
li ked
to
political
o ga isatio s.
P oteste s
allege
that
multiple
talks
could
divide
the
moveme t,
while
the
uli g
JMM
has
defe ded
dialogue
with
diffe e t
stude t
o ga isatio s.
The
p otest
site
at
Jaipal
Si gh
Mu da
Stadium
ow
has
sepa ate
camps
associated
with
diffe e t
g oups,
i cludi g
the
Refo m
Fo um,
the
JPSC-JSSC
Nyay
Ma ch
a d
AISA.

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