‘Ranchi police fully prepared’: Jharkhand braces for students’ protest march to Assembly

NEW
DELHI:

Jha kha d
Police
o
Su day
said
it
was
p epa ed
fo
the
pla ed
Assembly
ma ch
by
JPSC-JSSC
aspi a ts
i
Ra chi,
assu i g
p oteste s
that
they
would
ot
face
actio
if
the
demo st atio
emai ed
peaceful.The
assu a ce
came
hou s
afte
a
seco d
ou d
of
talks
betwee
stude t
ep ese tatives
a d
the
state
gove me t,
with
the
admi ist atio
ag eei g
to
co side
some
of
thei
key
dema ds
but
faili g
to
esolve
the
issue
of
a
CBI
p obe
i to
the
Combi ed
G aduate
Level
(CGL)
exami atio .Ra chi
City
SP
Pa as
Ra a
said
adequate
secu ity
a a geme ts
we e
bei g
made
as
a
la ge
umbe
of
stude ts
a e
expected
to
pa ticipate
i
Mo day’s
“Vidha
Sabha
ghe ao”.“P ecautio a y
fo ce
deployme t
will
be
ca ied
out
effectively;
the
Ra chi
Police
is
fully
p epa ed.
The e
will
be
a
la ge
umbe
of
stude ts.
I st uctio s
have
bee
issued
to
all
Ra chi
Police
pe so el
that
if
the
p oteste s
co duct
themselves
peacefully,
o
i co ve ie ce
will
be
caused
to
a yo e,”
Ra a
said.“Howeve ,
if
a yo e
attempts
to
eso t
to
viole ce,
app op iate
legal
actio
will
be
take
agai st
them,”
he
added.

Ra a
also
cla ified
a
co t ove sy
su ou di g
a
vi al
video
that
appea ed
to
show
secu ity
pe so el
ca yi g
a
pellet
gu .“If
a
pellet
gu
is
bei g
ca ied,
it
is
st ictly
fo
eme ge cy
situatio s.
Rega di g
the
vi al
video
–
what
is
bei g
mistake
fo
a
pellet
gu
is
actually
a
pai tball
gu ;
it
fi es
soft,
colou ed
balls
used
to
ma k
a d
ide tify
t oublemake s.
It
is
ot
a
pellet
gu ,”
he
said.The
police
office
said
a y
pellet
gu ,
if
deployed,
would
be
kept
st ictly
fo
eme ge cy
situatio s.Mea while,
stude t
leade
Ravi d a
Paswa
said
the
gove me t
had
ag eed
to
co side
ca celli g
th ee
exami atio s
–
the
14th
JPSC
Civil
Se vices
Exami atio ,
JPSC
Backlog
2023
a d
JPSC
Backlog
2025.Stude t
a e
set
ma ch
towa ds
the
Jha kha d
Vidha
Sabha
o
Mo day
afte
gove me t
ag eed
to
ca cel
the
14th
JPSC,
JPSC
Backlog
2023,
a d
JPSC
Backlog
2025
exams
but
ejected
the
dema d
to
sc ap
the
CGL
exami atio ,
sayi g
it
was
co ducted
u de
cou t
o de s
a d
selected
ca didates
a e
al eady
employed.

O
the
CGL
exami atio ,
stude ts
dema ded
a
CBI
i vestigatio
i to
alleged
i egula ities.
The
gove me t
i stead
p oposed
a
judicial
i qui y
headed
by
a
eti ed
judge.Stude t
leade
Ku al
said
the
“Vidha
Sabha
ghe ao”
would
be
held
peacefully
but
mai tai ed
that
the
dema d
fo
a
CBI
i qui y
i to
the
CGL
exami atio
emai ed
o – egotiable.“Let
me
cla ify
that
ou
Vidha
Sabha
ghe ao
will
co ti ue
peacefully.
Ou
dema d
is
fo
a
CBI
i qui y;
we
will
ot
comp omise
o
that,”
Ku al
said.The
stude ts
have
bee
p otesti g
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
JPSC
a d
JSSC
ec uitme t
exami atio s
a d
a e
dema di g
accou tability
a d
efo ms
i
the
exami atio
p ocess.