‘Barbed Wires Won’t Stop Us, Govt Will Have To Listen’: Fasting Activist Mahto Joins Jharkhand Assembly March

Jha kha d
Lokta t ik
K a tika i
Mo cha
(JLKM)
leade
a d
fasti g
activist
Deve d a
Nath
Mahto
o
Mo day
joi ed
the
JPSC-JSSC
Refo m
Mo cha’s
‘Vidha
Sabha
Ghe ao’
ma ch
despite
bei g
o
a
i e-day
hu ge
st ike,
decla i g
that
the
state
gove me t
would
have
to
liste
to
the
dema ds
of
p otesti g
stude ts.

Mahto,
who
a ived
at
the
p otest
site
i
a
ambula ce,
ca ied
a
po t ait
of
fo me
Jha kha d
Chief
Mi iste
Shibu
So e
a d
joi ed
the
stude ts
as
they
ma ched
towa ds
the
state
Assembly
agai st
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s.

“Despite
bei g
o
hu ge
st ike,
the
ba bed
wi es
will
ot
be
able
to
stop
us.
I
came
he e
i
a
ambula ce.
The
gove me t
will
have
to
liste
to
us,”
Mahto
said.

Mahto
Slams
Ba icades,
Wa s
Agai st
Co f o tatio

Speaki g
du i g
the
p otest,
Mahto
said
the
gove me t’s
decisio
to
put
up
ba bed-wi e
ba icades
had
o ly
i te sified
the
situatio
a d
said
stude ts
would
co ti ue
to
aise
thei
dema ds.

“The
gove me t
will
have
to
take
a
decisio ,
othe wise
stude ts
will
co ti ue
to
ise
i
p otest
like
this.
By
putti g
up
ba bed-wi e
ba icades,
the
gove me t
has
i vited
co f o tatio ,”
he
said.

“Despite
bei g
o
hu ge
st ike
fo
i e
days
a d
i
a
co ditio
that
equi ed
hospitalisatio ,
I
could
ot
stop
myself.
What
hu t
me
the
most
was
seei g
the
ba bed-wi e
ba icades,”
Mahto
added.

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Ra chi,
Jha kha d:
Stude ts
hold
a
p otest
ma ch
towa ds
the
Vidha
Sabha
ove
ec uitme t
exami atio
issues.

Stude t
p oteste
Deve d a
Nath
Mahto
says,
“The
gove me t
will
have
to
take
a
decisio ,
othe wise
stude ts
will
co ti ue
to
ise
i
p otest
like
this.
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of
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(@PTI_News)

August
10,
2026

He
also
appealed
to
people
ot
to
po t ay
him
as
a
he o,
sayi g
he
was
a
o di a y
pe so .

“I
am
o
God
o
messiah;
I
am
a
commo
ma .
The e
will
be
o
cha ge
i
my
pe so al
life.
But
the
ba bed
wi es
hu t
mo e
tha
the
hu ge
st ike,”
he
said.

“Stude ts
c ossed
th ee
laye s
of
ba icadi g.
Why
does
the
gove me t
wa t
a a chy
a d
ot
ag ee
to
stude ts’
dema ds?”
Mahto
asked.

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B each
Ba icades,
Ma ch
Towa ds
Vidha
Sabha;
Police
Use
Wate
Ca o s

Mahto
Appeals
To
CM
Hema t
So e
To
Avoid
Police
Actio

Mahto
u ged
Chief
Mi iste
Hema t
So e
ot
to
allow
police
actio
agai st
the
p oteste s
a d
efe ed
to
the
viole ce
that
had
occu ed
du i g
p otests
at
Ja ta
Ma ta .

“Today
it’s
CM
Hema t
So e ‘s
bi thday,
a d
he
should
ot
take
such
a
step
whe e
some
u fo tu ate
eve ts
like
at
the
Ja ta
Ma ta
take
place
he e.
Do
ot
do
a ythi g
that
causes
someo e
to
bleed
o
get
i ju ed
a d
makes
the
c owd
eve
mo e
agitated,”
he
said.& bsp;

“A est
is
a
legal
p ocess,
but
the e
should
be
o
bloodshed.
If
the
gove me t
does
ot
ag ee
to
the
dema ds,
it
will
be
emembe ed
as
the
o e
which
killed
democ acy.
I
will
ot
e d
the
fast,”
Mahto
said.

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28
Vehicles
Followi g
Atiq
Ahmed’s
So ‘s
Co voy
Booked
Fo
B eaki g
Toll
Ba ie
I
P ayag aj

Stude ts
Dema d
JSSC-CGL
Ca cellatio ,
CBI
P obe

A
la ge
umbe
of
stude ts
gathe ed
ea
the
Vidha
Sabha
a d
fo med
a
huma
chai
as
they
ma ched
towa ds
the
Assembly
amid
heavy
secu ity
a d
multiple
laye s
of
ba icadi g.

The
p oteste s
eite ated
thei
dema d
fo
ca cellatio
of
the
JSSC-CGL
exami atio
a d
a
CBI
p obe
i to
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s.

“We
a e
ot
goi g
to
stop
today.
Ou
fi st
dema d
is
to
ca cel
the
JSSC-CGL
exam,
seco dly,
a
CBI
p obe,”
o e
p oteste
told
ANI.

A othe
p oteste
said
the
stude ts
would
emai
at
the
spot
u til
the
ba icadi g
was
emoved.

“We
will
move
ahead
whe
the
ba icadi g
is
ope ed;
till
the
we
will
sit
he e,”
he
said.

P oteste s
also
alleged
that
secu ity
pe so el
we e
stoppi g
vehicles
as
people
attempted
to
joi
the
ma ch.

The
Assembly
ma ch
comes
amid
a
p olo ged
stude t
agitatio
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s,
with
p oteste s
co ti ui g
to
dema d
ca cellatio
of
the
JSSC-CGL
exami atio
a d
a
CBI
p obe
i to
the
alleged
i egula ities.

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