Jharkhand protest: CID raids JSSC office as talks resume; 6 protesters on hunger strike – top developments

CID
aided
JSSC
a d
Jha kha d
ca celled
14th
JPSC
a d
backlog
exams
as
p otests
e te ed
24th
day
with
6
o
hu ge
st ike
–
top
developme ts

NEW
DELHI:
The
Jha kha d
ec uitme t
exam
ow
i te sified
o
Mo day
as
the
state
CID
aided
the
Jha kha d
Staff
Selectio
Commissio
(JSSC)
office
i
Ra chi.
P otesti g
job
aspi a ts
a e
also
set
to
hold
a othe
ou d
of
talks
with
the
state
gove me t.
The
agitatio ,
led
by
the
JPSC-JSSC
Refo ms
Ma ch,
has
ow
co ti ued
o
fo
24
days,
with
p oteste s
dema di g
a
CBI
p obe
i to
alleged
i egula ities
a d
ca cellatio
of
the
JSSC-CGL
exami atio .

CID
aids
JSSC
office

The
Jha kha d
CID
o
Mo day
bega
aids
at
the
JSSC
office
i
Ra chi
as
pa t
of
its
i vestigatio
i to
alleged
i egula ities
i
va ious
ec uitme t
exami atio s.CID
ADG
Ma oj
Kaushik
told
PTI
that
the
sea ches
we e
bei g
co ducted
i
co ectio
with
the
allegatio s.
The
state
p obe
age cy
has
so
fa
a ested
20
people
i
the
case,
i cludi g
fo me
JPSC
chai ma
L
Khia gte.

F esh
talks
with
p otesti g
stude ts

A
delegatio
of
p otesti g
JPSC-JSSC
ca didates
was
scheduled
to
meet
the
state
gove me t’s
committee
fo
a othe
ou d
of
talks.
This
is
the
seve th
ou d
of
discussio s
betwee
the
two
sides,
with
ea lie
meeti gs
faili g
to
b eak
the
deadlock.

The
p oteste s
have
bee
dema di g
comp ehe sive
efo ms
i
the
JPSC
a d
JSSC
ec uitme t
systems,
a
CBI
p obe
i to
alleged
i egula ities
a d
ca cellatio
of
the
JSSC-CGL
exami atio .

Six
p oteste s
co ti ue
to
emai
o
hu ge
st ike.

Gove me t
says
14th
JPSC,
backlog
exams
will
be
ca celled

Jha kha d
mi iste
Dipika
Pa dey
Si gh
said
the
gove me t
would
ca cel
the
14th
JPSC
exami atio
a d
backlog
exami atio s.She
also
said
the
gove me t
would
w ite
to
the
E fo ceme t
Di ecto ate
to
i vestigate
alleged
fi a cial
misapp op iatio ,
while
the
CID
p obe
would
be
mo ito ed
by
the
judicia y.
Pa dey
said
the
gove me t
was
committed
to
efo ms
aimed
at
safegua di g
the
futu e
of
stude ts.Si gh
a d
I fa
A sa i
said
the
gove me t
emai ed
committed
to
add essi g
the
stude ts’
dema ds
th ough
dialogue.A sa i
accused
the
BJP
of
attempti g
to
“hijack”
the
stude t
moveme t,
while
Pa dey
alleged
that
the
oppositio
was
usi g
the
p oteste s
to
ta get
the
state
gove me t.
The
BJP,
mea while,
has
backed
the
stude ts’
dema d
fo
a
CBI
p obe
a d
c iticised
the
gove me t’s
ha dli g
of
the
agitatio .

Rahul
Ga dhi
asks
So e
to
meet
p oteste s

Co g ess
leade
Rahul
Ga dhi
has
u ged
chief
mi iste
Hema t
So e
to
pe so ally
meet
ep ese tatives
of
the
p otesti g
stude ts
a d
take
steps
to
esolve
thei
emai i g
co ce s.I
a
lette
dated
August
14,
Rahul
desc ibed
the
stude ts’
p otest
as
peaceful
a d
thei
dema ds
as
legitimate.
He
also
backed
the
ight
to
peaceful
p otest
a d
said
Co g ess
stood
with
stude ts
aisi g
co ce s
ove
pape
leaks
a d
i egula ities
i
the
educatio
system.Co g ess
is
pa t
of
the
uli g
JMM-led
allia ce
i
Jha kha d.Also
ead:

Rahul
Ga dhi
w ites
to
ally
Hema t
So e
ove
Jha kha d
stude t
p otests

Co g ess
backs
stude ts,
u ges
quick
esolutio

Jha kha d
Co g ess
i -cha ge
K
Raju
said
Rahul
Ga dhi
a d
the
pa ty
stood
fi mly
with
the
p otesti g
job
aspi a ts
a d
u ged
So e
to
esolve
the
issue
at
the
ea liest.Raju
said
Co g ess
leade s
had
met
the
chief
mi iste
a d
appealed
to
him
to
add ess
the
stude ts’
co ce s.
He
said
the
fou -membe
committee
appoi ted
by
So e
would
hold
a othe
meeti g
with
the
p oteste s
o
Mo day.

P oteste s
emai
fi m
o
key
dema ds

The
p oteste s
have
said
they
will
ot
call
off
the
agitatio
u less
the
gove me t
takes
co c ete
actio
o
thei
dema ds.The
JPSC-JSSC
Refo ms
Ma ch
has
also
called
fo
b oade
cha ges
i
the
ec uitme t
system.
The
p oteste s
had
ea lie
a ou ced
pla s
to
ghe ao
the
chief
mi iste ‘s
eside ce
o
August
20
a d
appealed
to
stude ts
f om
ac oss
Jha kha d
to
gathe
i
Ra chi.The
agitatio
i te sified
o
August
10
whe
thousa ds
of
job
aspi a ts
ma ched
towa ds
the
Jha kha d
Assembly
i
Ra chi.
Police
used
lathi-cha ge,
tea
gas
a d
wate
ca o s
to
dispe se
p oteste s
afte
they
b eached
ba icades,
acco di g
to
epo ts.The
co f o tatio
fu the
escalated
the
sta doff
betwee
the
stude t
g oups
a d
the
state
gove me t.

The
agitatio
has
ow
e te ed
its
24th
co secutive
day,
with
six
p oteste s
still
o
hu ge
st ike.
The
p oteste s
have
i dicated
that
they
will
co ti ue
the
sti
u less
the
gove me t’s
assu a ces
t a slate
i to
co c ete
actio .Stude t
leade
Deve d a
Mahto,
who
has
ow
bee
o
hu ge -st ike
fo
15
days,
says
he
hopes
that
f esh
ou ds
of
talks
with
the
state
gove me t
would
b i g
positive
esults.

With
the
latest
talks
taki g
place
agai st
the
backd op
of
the
CID
aids
a d
g owi g
political
p essu e,
Mo day’s
discussio s
could
p ove
c ucial
i
dete mi i g
whethe
the
p olo ged
sta doff
fi ally
moves
towa ds
a
esolutio .

Gove me t
a ou ces
ec uitme t
efo ms

The
Jha kha d
gove me t
has
a ou ced
seve al
measu es
aimed
at
maki g
ec uitme t
exami atio s
mo e
t a spa e t
a d
secu e.
These
i clude
a
time-bou d
a ual
exami atio
cale da ,
tech ology-secu ed
exami atio s,
timely
publicatio
of
a swe
keys
a d
OMR
sheets,
a d
multi-level
accou tability
i
the
ec uitme t
p ocess.The
gove me t
has
also
lau ched
a
co sultatio
seeki g
suggestio s
f om
stude ts,
teache s,
educatio ists
a d
pa e ts
o
efo ms
to
the
exami atio
system.

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