Jharkhand protest: BJP bandh, ED probe, arrests deepen recruitment exam row – top developments

The
BJP
has
called
a
statewide
ba dh
i
Jha kha d
to
p otest
alleged
police
fo ce
agai st
stude ts.

NEW
DELHI:
No mal
life
was
affected
i
pa ts
of
Jha kha d
o
Tuesday
as
the

BJP
e fo ced
a
statewide
ba dh
ove
police
actio
agai st
job
aspi a ts
du i g
thei
ma ch
to
the
state
assembly,
while
a
E fo ceme t
Di ecto ate
p obe
a d
the
a est
of
a
fo me
JPSC
chai pe so
added
a
ew
dime sio
to
the
ec uitme t
exam
co t ove sy.Most
schools
a d
busi ess
establishme ts
emai ed
closed,
while
vehicula
moveme t
was
thi
i
Ra chi
a d
seve al
othe
cities.
The
ba dh,
a ou ced
f om
8
am
to
mid ight,
was
called
by
the
BJP
to
p otest
the
use
of
wate
ca o s,
tea
gas
a d
bato s
agai st
stude ts
du i g
Mo day’s
assembly
ma ch.
Esse tial
se vices
we e
kept
outside
its
pu view.

BJP
calls
ba dh
ove
police
actio

BJP
state
p eside t
Aditya
Sahu
desc ibed
the
police
actio
as
“at ocities”
agai st
stude ts
a d
accused
the
JMM-led
gove me t
of
usi g
fo ce
i stead
of
add essi g
thei
g ieva ces.
The
pa ty
has
backed
dema ds
fo
a
i depe de t
p obe
i to
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s
co ducted
by
the
Jha kha d
Public
Se vice
Commissio
(JPSC)
a d
Jha kha d
Staff
Selectio
Commissio
(JSSC).The
Akhil
Bha atiya
Vidya thi
Pa ishad
has
also
co dem ed
the
alleged
police
actio
a d
a ou ced
a
‘Vidha
Sabha
Ma ch’
f om
the
old
assembly
buildi g
to
the
ew
assembly
p emises.The
ba dh
followed
a
te se
day
i
Ra chi
whe
thousa ds
of
aspi a ts
b eached
multiple
ba icades
while
ma chi g
towa ds
the
assembly,
whe e
the
mo soo
sessio
was
u de way.

Police
used
wate
ca o s
a d
tea
gas
ea
Jaga athpu
Temple
befo e
eso ti g
to
a
lathi-cha ge
afte
p oteste s
c ossed
the
fi al
ba icade
a d
eached
Gate
No
1.

Stude ts
allege
b utal
c ackdow

Stude t
leade s
alleged
that
the
p otest
was
peaceful
u til
police
actio
bega
i
the
eve i g.
Ravi de
Pasawa
said
stude ts
f om
all
24
dist icts
had
gathe ed
a d
waited
u til
5
pm
fo
the
gove me t
to
espo d
to
thei
dema ds.”But
sudde ly,
fo ce
was
used.
Some
of
ou
compa io s
we e
i ju ed.
The
admi ist atio
did
its
job;
befo e
that,
they
we e
quite
coope ative,
but
i
the
eve i g,
they
lost
thei
cool.
Ma y
of
ou
colleagues,
i cludi g
wome
stude ts,
we e
i ju ed.
It
was
also
see
that
media
pe so el
we e
pushed
a d
shoved.
We
emai
fi m
o
ou
dema ds.
We
appeal
to
the
Ho ou able
Chief
Mi iste
that
we
a e
all
stude ts;
please
accept
ou
dema ds,
as
they
a e
all
logical.
Ou
i defi ite
p otest
will
co ti ue
u til
the
Jha kha d
gove me t
accepts
them,”
Pasawa
said.A othe
stude t
leade ,
Piyush,
claimed
ea ly
50,000
aspi a ts
had
pa ticipated
i
what
he
desc ibed
as
a
“histo ic”
ma ch.
He
said
the
stude ts
emai ed
i depe de t
of
political
pa ties
a d
would
co ti ue
thei
i defi ite
p otest.Police,
howeve ,
said
14
pe so el
we e
i ju ed
du i g
the
p otests
a d
that
CCTV
footage
would
be
exami ed
to
ide tify
those
i volved
i
sto e
pelti g
a d
dis uptio .

ED
lau ches
mo ey
lau de i g
p obe

The
co t ove sy
escalated
fu the
o
Mo day
afte
the
E fo ceme t
Di ecto ate
lau ched
a
mo ey
lau de i g
i vestigatio
i to
alleged
i egula ities
i
multiple
ec uitme t
exami atio s,
pa ticula ly
the
JSSC-CGL
exami atio .The
Jha kha d
CID
also
a ested
fo me
JPSC
chai pe so
L
Khia gte
i
co ectio
with
the
alleged
i egula ities.
His
a est
took
the
umbe
of
people
app ehe ded
i
the
case
to
20.Khia gte,
a
1988-batch
IAS
office
a d
fo me
Jha kha d
chief
sec eta y,
was
appoi ted
JPSC
chai pe so
i
Feb ua y
last
yea
a d
esig ed
o
July
22.
The
CID
had
ea lie
sea ched
18
locatio s
ac oss
Ra chi,
Palamu,
Haza ibagh,
Boka o
a d
Dha bad.The
state
gove me t
has
ag eed
to
ca cel
the
14th
JPSC
exami atio
a d
backlog
exami atio s
co ducted
i
2023
a d
2025.
Highe
a d
Tech ical
Educatio
Mi iste
Sudivya
Kuma
said
the
gove me t
had
also
ag eed
to
the
ED
p obe
afte
evide ce
of
fi a cial
i egula ities
eme ged.

Stude ts
dema d
CBI
i vestigatio

The
p oteste s
have
bee
agitati g
si ce
July
25,
dema di g
ca cellatio
of
the
JSSC-CGL
exami atio ,
a
CBI
p obe
i to
alleged
i egula ities
a d
comp ehe sive
efo ms
i
the
JPSC
a d
JSSC.They
have
also
sought
ca cellatio
of
seve al
ec uitme t
exami atio s,
i cludi g
the
14th
Jha kha d
PSC
Civil
Se vices
Exami atio ,
a d
a
i depe de t
i vestigatio
eithe
by
the
CBI
o
a
pa el
of
eti ed
high
cou t
judges
f om
outside
Jha kha d.O
the
JSSC-CGL
exami atio ,
Kuma
said
the
state
gove me t
could
ot
o de
its
ca cellatio
because
it
was
co ducted
u de
cou t
mo ito i g.
The
gove me t
has
p oposed
a
committee
headed
by
a
eti ed
high
cou t
judge
to
ove see
the
CID
i vestigatio ,
but
p oteste s
have
ejected
the
p oposal.The
gove me t
has
also
p oposed
efo ms
to
the
sta da d
ope ati g
p ocedu es
of
the
JPSC
a d
JSSC,
with
i puts
f om
IIT-ISM
Dha bad,
IIM-Ra chi
a d
XLRI
Jamshedpu .

Hu ge
st ike
leade ‘s
health
wo se s

JLKM
leade
Deve d a
Nath
Mahto,
who
has
bee
o
hu ge
st ike
fo
i e
days
ove
the
issue,
was
admitted
to
Ra chi
Sada
Hospital
afte
his
blood
suga
level
d opped
“d astically”.
Docto s
desc ibed
his
co ditio
as
c itical.Mahto
joi ed
Mo day’s
ma ch
i
a
ambula ce
a d
late
add essed
p oteste s
while
lyi g
o
a
st etche .
His
suppo te s
alleged
that
he
was
i ju ed
du i g
the
police
actio .Ea lie ,
Mahto
had
said,
“Attempts
we e
made
to
stop
us.
Ba icades
of
ba bed
wi e
we e
e ected.
Wate
ca o s
we e
used.
Tea
gas
was
deployed.
Lathi
cha ges
we e
ca ied
out,
leavi g
people
i ju ed.
Yet,
we
did
ot
aise
a
si gle
sloga
agai st
the
gove me t.
We
did
ot
e gage
i
a y
political
heto ic
o
utte
a
si gle
obsce e
wo d.
The
o ly
flag
p ese t
was
the
T icolou .”He
also
questio ed
the
c edibility
of
a y
i vestigatio ,
sayi g,
“Exams
a e
co ducted
with
ca didates
sitti g
i
places
like
Nepal.
What
faith
ca
o e
have
i
the
i vestigatio ?”

So e
seeks
dialogue
amid
political
ow

Chief
mi iste
Hema t
So e
u ged
stude ts
to
esolve
thei
g ieva ces
th ough
“dialogue
a d
t ust”,
while
sayi g
thei
dema ds
would
be
exami ed
with
“utmost
se ious ess
a d
se sitivity”.

So e
also
accused
oppositio
leade s
of
attempti g
to
mislead
stude ts
fo
political
gai s
a d
said
the
gove me t
wa ted
to
make
the
exami atio
system
mo e
t a spa e t,
tech ology-e abled,
secu e
a d
accou table.Co g ess
leade
Rahul
Ga dhi
co dem ed
the
police
actio ,
sayi g
peaceful
p otests
should
ot
be
met
with
viole ce.”Stude ts
have
a
ight
to
peaceful
p otest,
a d
o ly
dialogue
ca
yield
solutio s,”
the
Co g ess
leade
said,
u gi g
the
Jha kha d
gove me t
to
esolve
thei
g ieva ces
at
the
ea liest.His
ema ks
d ew
a
espo se
f om
the
BJP,
which
accused
Ga dhi
of
double
sta da ds
because
the
Co g ess
is
pa t
of
the
JMM-led
uli g
coalitio
i
Jha kha d.

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