JPSC Exam Row: Ex-CM Babulal Marandi, BJP Leaders Detained Amid Protest Outside CM Soren’s Residence

Leade
of
Oppositio
i
the
Jha kha d
Assembly
a d& bsp;ex-Jha kha d
Chief
Mi iste
Babulal
Ma a di
a d
seve al
othe
BJP
leade s
we e
detai ed
amid
p otests
outside
Chief
Mi iste
Hema t
So e ‘s
eside ce
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
Jha kha d
Public
Se vice
Commissio
(JPSC)
a d
Jha kha d
Staff
Selectio
Commissio
(JSSC)
exami atio s.

This
comes
as
stude ts
p otesti g
the
alleged
i egula ities
i
Jha kha d’s
ec uitme t
exami atio s
bega
thei
ma ch
towa ds
the
state
Assembly
o
Mo day,
the
17th
day
of
thei
agitatio ,
afte
the
sixth
ou d
of
talks
with
the
gove me t
failed
to
esolve
thei
dema d
fo
a
CBI
p obe.& bsp;

The
p otest
outside
CM
So e ‘s
eside ce
coi cided
with
‘Vidha
Sabha
Ghe ao’
ma ch
by
the
JPSC-JSSC
Refo m
Mo cha
a d
was
lau ched
followi g
a
pa ty
meeti g
i
Ra chi.

#WATCH
|
Ra chi,
Jha kha d:
BJP
leade s,
p otesti g
outside
the
CM
eside ce,
detai ed
by
the
Police.
Theu
a e
p otesti g
ove
JPSC-JSSC
alleged
i egula ities.

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—
ANI
(@ANI)

August
10,
2026

Stude ts
Reject
Gove me t’s
98%
Dema ds
Met
Claim

The
stude t
p oteste s
have
efused
to
withd aw
thei
agitatio
despite
the
gove me t
claimi g
that
it
has
accepted
98
pe
ce t
of
thei
dema ds.

Stude t
leade s
said
the
gove me t
had
ag eed
to
ca cel
o ly
th ee
of
the
13
exami atio s
they
wa t
sc apped
a d
co ti ued
to
i sist
o
a
i depe de t
i vestigatio
i to
alleged
i egula ities,
i cludi g
i
the
JSSC-CGL
exami atio .

“We
will
ot
comp omise
till
ou
dema d
fo
a
CBI
p obe
is
fulfilled,”
JPSC-JSSC
Refo ms
Ma ch
leade
Ravi d a
Paswa
said
afte
Su day’s
meeti g,
u gi g
stude ts
to
pa ticipate
i
the
Assembly
ma ch.

All
Th ee
JPSC
Membe s
Resig

The
agitatio
coi cided
with
a
majo
shake-up
i
the
Jha kha d
Public
Se vice
Commissio
(JPSC),
which
is
at
the
ce t e
of
the
co t ove sy.
All
th ee
JPSC
membe s,
i cludi g
Ajeeta
Bhattacha ya,
A ima
Ha sda
a d
Jamal
Ahmad,
esig ed
o
Su day.

Thei
esig atio s
came
afte
the
Jha kha d
CID
summo ed
them
fo
questio i g
ove
allegatio s
of
exami atio
i egula ities,
i cludi g
pape
leaks.
Bhattacha ya
is
scheduled
to
appea
befo e
i vestigato s
o
Mo day,
followed
by
Ahmad
o
August
12
a d
Ha sda
o
August
14.
JPSC
chai pe so
L
Khia gte
had
esig ed
o
July
22.

Tight
Secu ity
Ahead
Of
Assembly
Ma ch

The
p oposed
ma ch
has
p ompted
the
admi ist atio
to
make
exte sive
secu ity
a a geme ts
i
Ra chi.
P ohibito y
o de s
have
bee
imposed
withi
a
750-met e
adius
of
the
Assembly
u til
August
12,
while
mo e
tha
1,500
pe so el
f om
the
Rapid
Actio
Police,
I dia
Rese ve
Battalio ,
dist ict
police
a d
Quick
Reactio
Teams
have
bee
deployed
alo g
the
oute
f om
Kutche y
Chowk
to
the
Assembly.

Ra chi
SSP
Rakesh
Ra ja
said
the
oute
would
be
mo ito ed
th ough
CCTV
came as
a d
d o es.
Most
schools
i
the
city
emai ed
closed
o
Mo day
amid
co ce s
ove
possible
dis uptio .

The
stude t
g oups
have
mai tai ed
that
the
ma ch
will
emai
peaceful
a d
democ atic
a d
appealed
to
political
pa ties
a d
the
public
to
exte d
mo al
suppo t
without
givi g
the
agitatio
a
political
colou .
They
also
wa ed
agai st
attempts
by
a ti-social
eleme ts
to
dis upt
the
p otest.

(With
i puts
f om
PTI)

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