BIG UPDATE: Jharkhand Students Face Water Cannon, Refuse to Back Down

The
stude t
p otest
i
Jha kha d
i te sified
as
police
used
wate
ca o s
to
stop
p oteste s
f om
movi g
towa d
the
Assembly.
Despite
the
actio ,
stude ts
emai ed
dete mi ed
a d
said
they
would
co ti ue
thei
agitatio
u til
thei
dema ds
we e
accepted.
Thei
key
dema ds
i clude
ca cellatio
of
the
JSSC
CGL
a d
othe
exami atio s
co ducted
by
TDPL,
alo g
with
a
CBI
i vestigatio
i to
the
alleged
exami atio
i egula ities.
Stude ts
alleged
that
exami atio
seats
we e
sold
fo
la ge
sums
of
mo ey
a d
dema ded
st ict
actio
agai st
those
accused
of
i egula ities,
i cludi g
Abhay
Tiwa i.
They
said
that
wate
ca o s,
tea
gas,
ba bed-wi e
ba icades
a d
police
deployme t
would
ot
weake
thei
esolve.
At
the
same
time,
p oteste s
epeatedly
emphasized
that
thei
demo st atio
was
peaceful
a d
u ged
the
police
to
coope ate.
Some
stude ts
eve
used
humo
a d
sa casm
while
eacti g
to
the
wate
ca o ,
tha ki g
the
admi ist atio
fo
p ovidi g
elief
f om
the
heat.
The
p oteste s
vowed
to
emai
at
the
site
u til
the
gove me t
add esses
thei
dema ds,
sayi g
the
moveme t
would
co ti ue
if
o
co c ete
decisio
was
take .

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