‘Don’t fall into political trap’: Jharkhand CM Soren writes open letter to protesting students

NEW
DELHI:
Jha kha d
chief
mi iste

Hema t
So e
o
Mo day
tha ked
the
officials
a d
secu ity
age cies
fo
“ha dli g”
the
stude t
p otest
ma ch
agai st
the
alleged
i egula ities
i
the
state
ec uitme t
exami atio s
with
” est ai t,
se sitivity
a d
complete
espo sibility.”So e
posted
a
ope
lette
add essi g
the
stude ts
o
X
a d
said
that
the
gove me t
has
liste ed
to
thei
co ce s
a d
assu ed
them
that
thei
dema ds
will
be
add essed
with
se ious ess
a d
se sitivity.”You
have
aised
you
voice
fo
you
dema ds
i
a
peaceful
ma e .
I
a
democ acy,
it
is
you
ight
to
exp ess
you
views,
a d
it
is
the
gove me t’s
espo sibility
to
espect
you
voice.
The
gove me t
has
hea d
you.
Ou
se io
mi iste s
have
bee
i
co sta t
dialogue
with
you,
a d
I
assu e
you
that
actio
will
be
take
o
you
dema ds
with
utmost
se ious ess
a d
se sitivity,”
he
said.

Fu the ,
So e
said
that
the
gove me t’s
objective
is
to
elimi ate
sho tcomi gs
i
the
exami atio
system.”I
the
past
few
days,
you
have
see
that
the
gove me t
has
spa ed
o
o e,
o
matte
who
the
guilty
pa ty
is.
Ou
clea
objective
is
to
elimi ate
such
sho tcomi gs
i
the
system
so
that
o
stude t
has
to
face
t ouble
i
the
futu e.

We
wa t
to
make
the
exami atio
system
mo e
t a spa e t,
tech ology-e abled,
secu e
a d
accou table.
You
pa ticipatio
i
this
cha ge
is
the
most
impo ta t,”
he
said.I
his
post,
So e
also
appealed
to
the
stude ts
ot
to
fall
i to
the
t ap
of
a
political
a ative.”Ou
effo t
is
that
Jha kha d
should
ot
just
discuss
p oblems,
but
set
a
ew
example
of
solutio s
f om
he e.
I
also
u de sta d
that
amid
you
peaceful
moveme t,
some
people
f om
the
oppositio
have
t ied
to
spoil
the
atmosphe e
a d
mislead
stude ts
fo
political
gai .
I
appeal
to
all
of
you
ot
to
fall
i to
the
t ap
of
a y
such
political
a ative,”
the
chief
mi iste
said.”You
a e
the
futu e
of
Jha kha d.
It
is
ot
about
ig o i g
you
voice,
but
liste i g
to
it
a d
esolvi g
you
p oblems
–
that
is
ou
espo sibility.
I
will
eite ate
my
poi t:
let
us
esolve
this
issue
togethe
th ough
dialogue
a d
t ust,”
he
added.This
comes
afte
thousa ds
of
stude ts
pa ticipated
i
the
‘Vidha
Sabha
Ghe ao’
ma ch
o ga ised
by
the
JPSC-JSSC
Refo m
Mo cha
agai st
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s.Du i g
the
ma ch,
seve al
agitato s
a d
fou
policeme
we e
i ju ed
i
a
clash
ea
the
Jha kha d
assembly,
as
police
used
wate
ca o s,
tea
gas
a d
lathi-cha ged
job
aspi a ts
p otesti g
agai st
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s,
officials
said.

Ea lie
o
Su day,
Jha kha d
stude ts
p otesti g
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exams
ejected
the
Hema t
So e -led
gove me t’s
claim
that
98%
of
thei
dema ds
had
bee
accepted.
They
said
o ly
th ee
of
the
13
exams
they
wa ted
ca celled
had
bee
sc apped.The
stude ts
accused
the
JMM-led
gove me t
of
“sp eadi g
lies”
a d
said
they
would
co ti ue
thei
peaceful
p otest.At
a
p ess
co fe e ce,
a
stude t
leade
said,
“The
Jha kha d
gove me t
is
sp eadi g
lies
that
it
fulfilled
98%
of
ou
dema ds.
It
ca celled
o ly
th ee
of
the
13
exams
sought
by
us.”The
p oteste s
a e
dema di g
a
CBI
p obe
i to
alleged
i egula ities
i
all
ec uitme t
exams
co ducted
by
the
state.
Stude t
leade
Ravi d a
Paswa
accused
the
gove me t
of
i sisti g
o
a
CID
p obe,
which
he
claimed
was
k ow
fo
“cove -ups”.