Student Protest Update: JPSC-JSSC Agitation Enters Day 23, Major Showdown Threatened in Ranchi

The
stude t
p otest
agai st
alleged
i egula ities
i
JPSC
a d
JSSC
exami atio s
i
Jha kha d
has
e te ed
its
23 d
day,
with
p oteste s
a ou ci g
a
f esh
phase
of
agitatio
ac oss
the
state.
The
JPSC-JSSC
Abhya thi
Refo m
Ma ch
has
a ou ced
that
gove me t
effigies
will
be
bu t
i
all
24
dist icts
as
pa t
of
the
o goi g
p otest.
The
stude t
g oup
has
issued
a
August
18
deadli e
to
the
gove me t,
dema di g
that
all
thei
majo
dema ds
be
add essed.
If
the
dema ds
a e
ot
accepted,
p oteste s
have
a ou ced
pla s
to
ghe ao
the
Chief
Mi iste ‘s
eside ce
i
Ra chi
o
August
20.
They
have
also
aised
the
dema d
fo
Chief
Mi iste
Hema t
So e ‘s
esig atio .
A othe
p omi e t
p oteste ,
Deve d a ath
Mahto,
has
exp essed
a ge
ove
bei g
allegedly
p eve ted
f om
pa ticipati g
i
a
Ti a ga
Yat a.
Mahto,
who
has
epo tedly
bee
o
a
hu ge
st ike
fo
14
days,
was
hospitalised
afte
his
health
dete io ated.
He
has
alleged
that
his
ights
we e
violated
a d
has
dema ded
a swe s
f om
the
admi ist atio
ove
the
i cide t.
The
p oteste s
a e
p ima ily
dema di g
actio
ove
the
JSSC
exami atio
p ocess,
ca cellatio
of
exami atio s
co ducted
th ough
the
alleged
co ce ed
age cy
a d
a
CBI
i vestigatio
i to
the
exami atio s.
They
have
wa ed
that
a
la ge
umbe
of
stude ts
a d
you g
people
could
gathe
i
Ra chi
o
August
20
if
the
gove me t
fails
to
espo d
to
thei
dema ds.
With
the
August
18
deadli e
app oachi g,
the
Jha kha d
gove me t
faces
i c easi g
p essu e
f om
p otesti g
ca didates.
The
p oposed
ma ch
towa ds
the
Chief
Mi iste ‘s
eside ce
could
fu the
i te sify
the
situatio
if
o
esolutio
is
eached.

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