‘No force used’: Cong defends J’khand govt amid youth stir, accuses BJP of shielding ‘exam mafia’

Job
aspi a ts
take
pa t
i
a
sile t
ma ch
at
Albe t
Ekka
Chowk,
a
day
afte
police
used
lathi-cha ge
du i g
thei
p otest

Co g ess
o
Wed esday
defe ded
the
Jha kha d
gove me t’s
ha dli g
of
the
stude ts’
agitatio
ove
alleged
exami atio
i egula ities,
claimi g
that
o
fo ce
was
used
agai st
p otesti g
stude ts
a d
accusi g
the
BJP
of
attempti g
to
dive t
the
issue.The
Co g ess
mi iste s
said
the
state
gove me t
had
take
steps
to
check
exami atio
pape
leaks
eve
befo e
the
stude ts
took
to
the
st eets.
They
alleged
that
the
BJP,
i stead
of
suppo ti g
a
i vestigatio
by
the
Jha kha d
CID,
was
dema di g
a
CBI
p obe
to
“shield
the
exam
mafia”,
ews
age cy
PTI
epo ts.”To
shield
‘exam
mafia’,
BJP
wa ts
p obe
i to
pape
leaks
by
its
‘tool’
CBI
i stead
of
Jha kha d
CID.”The
Co g ess
leade s
also
accused
the
BJP
of
adopti g
a
diffe e t
app oach
whe
it
was
i
powe
i
Jha kha d,
allegi g
that
the
p evious
BJP
gove me t
had
“c ushed
the
voice
of
youth”
du i g
p otests.Co g
claims
152
pape
leaks
si ce
2015
u de
BJPCiti g
pa ty
data,
the
mi iste s
claimed
that
152
pape
leaks
had
bee
epo ted
ac oss
the
cou t y
si ce
2015
u de
BJP
ule,
but
the
CBI
had
i vestigated
o ly
17
of
these
cases
a d
the e
had
bee
o
co victio s.The
Co g ess
mi iste s
fu the
alleged
that
the
BJP’s
Jha kha d
leade ship
was
acti g
at
the
Ce t e’s
behest
to
dis upt
the
stude ts’
agitatio .
They
claimed
that
ghe aoi g
the
state
assembly
was
ot
pa t
of
the
p oteste s’
o igi al
age da
a d
alleged
that
the
BJP
b ought
people
f om
othe
states
to
dis upt
the
stude ts’
“peaceful”
p otest
i
Ra chi
o
August
10.

What
we
k owO
Mo day,
stude ts
gathe ed
ea
the
Jha kha d
Vidha
Sabha
as
pa t
of
a
ma ch
a d
fo med
a
huma
chai
seeki g
actio
o
thei
dema ds.The
p otests
i te sified
afte
police
allegedly
used
wate
ca o s
a d
fo ce
to
co t ol
the
c owd
as
the
p oteste s
moved
towa ds
the
Assembly.
The
stude ts
have
bee
p otesti g
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
exami atio s
co ducted
by
the
Jha kha d
Public
Se vice
Commissio
(JPSC)
a d
Jha kha d
Staff
Selectio
Commissio
(JSSC).They
a e
dema di g
ca cellatio
of
the
JSSC-CGL
exami atio ,
a
Ce t al
Bu eau
of
I vestigatio
(CBI)
p obe
i to
the
alleged
i egula ities
a d
comp ehe sive
efo ms
i
the
ec uitme t
p ocess.