‘Bid to weaken stir’: Students accuse Jharkhand govt of withholding Devendra Mahto’s health details

Jha kha d
chief
mi iste
Raghuba
Das
o
Thu sday
visited
Mahto
at
the
hospital.

NEW
DELHI:
Stude t
leade
Deve d a
Nath
Mahto,
who
is
o
a
i defi ite
hu ge
st ike
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
Jha kha d
ec uitme t
exami atio s,
emai s
hospitalised
at
Sada
Hospital
i
Ra chi,
with
p otesti g
stude ts
allegi g
that
the
state
gove me t
is
withholdi g
i fo matio
about
his
health
to
weake
thei
agitatio .Mea while,
fo me
Jha kha d
chief
mi iste
Raghuba
Das
o
Thu sday
visited
Mahto
at
the
hospital
a d
e qui ed
about
his
health.Mahto
has
bee
o
hu ge
st ike
fo
11
days
a d
is
u de goi g
t eatme t
afte
he
was
i ju ed
du i g
a
police
lathi-cha ge
o
August
10.
The
wide
p otest
by
JPSC
a d
JSSC
aspi a ts
e te ed
its
20th
day
o
Thu sday,
with
stude ts
co ti ui g
thei
agitatio
at
Jaipal
Si gh
Mu da
Stadium.

Stude ts
allege
govt
hidi g
Mahto’s
health
details

The
p otesti g
stude ts
have
alleged
that
the
gove me t
is
ot
allowi g
them
to
meet
Mahto
at
the
hospital
a d
is
withholdi g
details
about
his
health.Mahto
was
moved
to
Sada
Hospital
by
the
admi ist atio
late
Mo day
eve i g
afte
police
used
fo ce
to
dispe se
thousa ds
of
aspi a ts
who
had
ma ched
towa ds
the
state
assembly.

Raghuba
Das
meets
Mahto

I
a
post
o
X,
Mahto
said:
“Fo me
Chief
Mi iste
of
Jha kha d
Raghuba
Das
ji
eached
the
hospital
a d
i qui ed
about
my
well-bei g,
while
also
assu i g
suppo t
fo
ou
moveme t.”Das
had
o
Wed esday
th eate ed
to
go
o
a
hu ge
st ike
if
the
dema d
fo
a
CBI
p obe
was
ot
fulfilled
withi
a
week.

He
has
also
sought
compe satio
of
Rs
1
c o e
each
fo
the
families
of
19
people
who
died
du i g
the
2024
excise
co stable
physical
exami atio .The
BJP
has
accused
the
Hema t
So e
gove me t
of
supp essi g
the
stude t
moveme t,
while
the
Co g ess
has
accused
the
saff o
pa ty
of
politicisi g
the
agitatio
a d
alleged
that
it
b ought
wo ke s
f om
outside
Jha kha d
to
dis upt
the
p otests.O
Tuesday,
i
a
message
sha ed
o
social
media,
Mahto
said
“My
body
is
u de goi g
t eatme t
i
the
hospital
bed,
but
my
soul
a d
esolve
a e
at
the
Satyag aha
site
whe e
stude ts
a d
youth
a e
e gaged
i
a
just
st uggle
fo
thei
futu e.
The
i defi ite
hu ge
st ike
co ti ues
o
its
11th
day
i
Sada
Hospital.”Mahto
has
also
sought
pe missio
f om
the
hospital
autho ities
to
etu
to
the
p otest
site.
I
a
ha dw itte
applicatio
to
the
Civil
Su geo ,
he
said
bei g
sepa ated
f om
the
p otesti g
stude ts
was
causi g
him
g eate
dist ess
tha
his
physical
ailme ts.He
cited
his
espo sibility
towa ds
thousa ds
of
stude ts
p otesti g
agai st
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s
a d
sought
pe missio
to
ejoi
them.The
p oteste s
have
bee
dema di g
ca cellatio
of
the
JSSC-CGL
exami atio ,
a
CBI
p obe
i to
alleged
i egula ities
a d
efo ms
i
the
ec uitme t
p ocess.
They
have
alleged
that
thei
dema ds
have
ot
bee
fully
accepted
by
the
state
gove me t.

Jha kha d
p otest
e te s
20th
day

The
stude ts’
agitatio
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s
e te ed
its
20th
day
o
Thu sday.
The
JPSC-JSSC
Refo ms
Ma ch
has
bee
demo st ati g
at
Jaipal
Si gh
Mu da
Stadium,
dema di g
g eate
t a spa e cy
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s,
ca cellatio
of
seve al
tests
a d
a
i depe de t
p obe
by
the
CBI
o
a
pa el
of
eti ed
judges
f om
outside
Jha kha d.Te sio s
escalated
o
Mo day
whe
JPSC
a d
JSSC
aspi a ts
ma ched
towa ds
the
state
assembly.
Police
used
bato s,
wate
ca o s
a d
tea
gas
to
dispe se
the
p oteste s.Mahto
was
amo g
those
take
to
hospital
afte
the
co f o tatio .
He
late
sought
pe missio
to
leave
the
hospital
a d
etu
to
the
p otest
site,
sayi g
his
p ese ce
with
the
stude ts
was
impo ta t
to
the
moveme t.The
ABVP
has
a ou ced
p otests
at
mo e
tha
1,200
u ive sities
ove
the
issue.
Its
leade s
have
also
questio ed
the
c edibility
of
the
state-appoi ted
SIT
i to
the
alleged
exami atio
i egula ities,
citi g
epeated
cha ges
i
its
compositio .The
p oteste s
have
so
fa
efused
to
call
off
the
agitatio ,
mai tai i g
that
they
will
co ti ue
the
moveme t
u til
thei
dema ds
a e
add essed.

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