‘We owe them our solidarity’: Rahul Gandhi writes to ally Hemant Soren over Jharkhand student protests

Rahul
w ote
a
lette
to
Jha kha d
CM
a d
ally
u gi g
him
to
meet
the
stude t
p otesto
ep ese tatives.

NEW
DELHI:
Co g ess
leade

Rahul
Ga dhi
o
Mo day
w ote
to
Jha kha d
chief
mi iste
Hema t
So e ,
u gi g
him
to
pe so ally
meet
stude ts
p otesti g
alleged
i egula ities
i
the
state’s
ec uitme t
exami atio s.The
lette ,
dated
August
14
but
made
public
o
Mo day,
exp essed
solida ity
with
the
p oteste s,
with
Rahul
desc ibi g
thei
agitatio
as
peaceful
a d
thei
dema ds
as
legitimate.”The

Co g ess
pa ty
believes
that
the
ight
to
peaceful
p otest
as
e sh i ed
i
the
Co stitutio
of
I dia
is
o e
of
the
ce t al
pilla s
of
ou
democ acy.
We
have,
the efo e,
offe ed
ou
full
suppo t
to
stude ts
p otesti g
pape
leaks
a d
i egula ities
i
the
educatio
system
ove
the
last
few
mo ths.
It
is
also
ou
belief
that
the
I dia
educatio
system
has
bee
captu ed
by
the
RSS
a d
BJP
a d
t a sfo med
i to
a
tool
fo
the
exploitatio
a d
opp essio
of
stude ts.
It
is
o
lo ge
the
obust
k owledge
system
that
it
used
to
be
a
decade
ago,”
said
Rahul
i
the
lette .”As
you
a e
awa e,
stude ts
i
Jha kha d
have
also
bee
p otesti g
i egula ities
i
the
State
ec uitme t
exami atio s.
Thei
p otest
has
bee
peaceful,
a d
thei
dema ds
a e
legitimate.

I
app eciate
that
the
Jha kha d
gove me t
has
begu
a
dialogue
with
them
th ough
a
committee
i stituted
by
you.
I
believe
that
the e
is
also
ag eeme t
o
seve al
dema ds
aised
by
the
stude ts.
Howeve ,
the
p otests
co ti ue,
a d
some
stude ts
emai
o
a
i defi ite
hu ge
st ike,”
he
added.

Fu the
expa di g
o
his
suppo t
fo
stude ts,
the
Co g ess
leade
said,
“The
youth
of
I dia
is
its
futu e.
We
owe
them
ou
solida ity
a d
suppo t
at
this
mome t
of
c isis.
Please
do
you
utmost
to
hea
them
out
a d
take
app op iate
actio
towa ds
the
esolutio
of
this
issue.”Co g ess
is
pa t
of
the
JMM-led
uli g
coalitio
i
Jha kha d,
with
Hema t
So e
headi g
the
allia ce
gove me t
i
the
state.The
agitatio
bega
ove
allegatio s
of
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s
co ducted
by
the
Jha kha d
Public
Se vice
Commissio
(JPSC)
a d
Jha kha d
Staff
Selectio
Commissio
(JSSC).
The
p otesti g
stude ts
have
bee
seeki g
a
CBI
p obe
i to
the
alleged
i egula ities
a d
ca cellatio
of
the
JSSC-CGL
exami atio ,
which
they
claim
was
affected
by
disc epa cies.
The
p otest
has
co ti ued
at
the
Jaipal
Si gh
Mu da
Stadium,
with
multiple
ou ds
of
talks
betwee
the
stude ts
a d
the
state
gove me t
faili g
to
esolve
the
deadlock.