Jharkhand Exam Row: Day 17 Protesters March Towards Assembly as Students Demand CBI Probe

The
stude t
agitatio
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
JPSC
a d
JSSC
exami atio s
e te ed
its
17th
day
o
Mo day,
with
p oteste s
p epa i g
to
ma ch
towa ds
the
Jha kha d
Assembly
i
Ra chi
afte
talks
with
the
state
gove me t
failed
to
esolve
thei
key
dema ds.
A
la ge
umbe
of
stude ts
f om
ac oss
Jha kha d
have
bee
a ivi g
i
Ra chi
by
buses
a d
t ai s
to
joi
the
pla ed
ma ch.
The
p oteste s
a e
expected
to
assemble
ea
the
gate
of
the
old
Assembly
buildi g
befo e
walki g
towa ds
the
ew
Assembly
complex.
Stude ts
had
ea lie
a ou ced
that
they
would
su ou d
the
Assembly
if
thei
dema ds
we e
ot
add essed.
Secu ity
a a geme ts
have
bee
sig ifica tly
st e gthe ed
a ou d
the
Assembly.
Ba icades
ei fo ced
with
ba bed
wi e
have
epo tedly
bee
i stalled
app oximately
half
a
kilomet e
befo e
the
complex,
while
a
la ge
police
co ti ge t
has
bee
deployed
i
the
a ea.
Ra chi
Police
has
said
that
peaceful
p oteste s
should
ot
face
u ecessa y
i co ve ie ce
a d
that
app op iate
legal
actio
would
be
take
if
a yo e
attempts
viole ce.
Autho ities
a e
also
mo ito i g
the
a ival
of
stude ts
f om
othe
dist icts
amid
epo ts
of
attempts
to
est ict
moveme t
at
some
locatio s.
The
latest
ou d
of
discussio s
betwee
the
gove me t
a d
stude t
ep ese tatives
esulted
i
ag eeme t
o
some
issues,
but
majo
diffe e ces
emai .
P oteste s
a e
pa ticula ly
dema di g
ca cellatio
of
the
JSSC
CGL
exami atio
a d
a
CBI
i vestigatio
i to
alleged
exami atio
i egula ities.
Stude ts
have
also
claimed
that
they
had
sought
ca cellatio
of
a ou d
13
exami atio s,
while
the
gove me t
has
epo tedly
ag eed
to
ca cel
o ly
th ee.
The
p oteste s
say
they
will
co ti ue
the
agitatio
u til
thei
p i cipal
dema ds
a e
add essed.

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