Jharkhand Protest Leader Devendra Mahto ‘Critical’, Hospitalised During Ranchi Student March

Jha kha d
stude t
p otest
leade
Deve d a
Nath
Mahto
was
admitted
to
a
hospital
o
Mo day
afte
his
health
dete io ated
du i g
a
stude t-led
ma ch
towa ds
the
state
Assembly
i
Ra chi.
Docto s
desc ibed
his
co ditio
as
c itical
afte
a
d astic
fall
i
his
blood
suga
level.

Mahto,
a
membe
of
the
Jha kha d
Lokta t ik
K a tika i
Mo cha
(JLKM),
has
bee
o
a
hu ge
st ike
fo
i e
days
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s
i
Jha kha d.
He
is
cu e tly
eceivi g
t eatme t
i
the
eme ge cy
wa d
of
Ra chi
Sada
Hospital,
a
medical
office
said.

“He
is
bei g
t eated
i
the
eme ge cy
wa d,& dquo;
Na cy
P iya,
a
medical
office
at
Ra chi
Sada
Hospital,
told
PTI.
Mahto’s
aide,
Pa kaj
Kuma ,
alleged
that
he
was
also
i ju ed
du i g
a
police
lathi-cha ge
ea
the
Jha kha d
Assembly.

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Mahto
Joi s
Assembly
Ma ch
Despite
Health
Co ce s

Despite
his
dete io ati g
health,
Mahto
joi ed
p oteste s
du i g
thei
ma ch
towa ds
the
Assembly
ea lie
o
Mo day.
He
eached
the
p otest
site
i
a
ambula ce
ca yi g
a
po t ait
of
fo me
Jha kha d
chief
mi iste
Shibu
So e .

Mahto
late
add essed
the
gathe i g
while
sta di g
o
a
st etche .
Speaki g
to
epo te s,
he
said
a
gove me t
should
espo d
to
people’s
co ce s
athe
tha
ely
o
fo ce.

“A
gove me t
ca ot
be
u
with
bato s,
bullets
a d
gu s.
A
gove me t
is
u
by
keepi g
the
people
satisfied,& dquo;
Mahto
said.

He
also
alleged
that
police
pushed
a d
ha assed
him
a d
fo cibly
took
him
to
a
ambula ce
despite
his
i e-day
hu ge
st ike.
“I
have
bee
o
a
hu ge
st ike
fo
the
past
i e
days.
Despite
this,
police
pushed
a d
shoved
me,
ha assed
me
a d
fo cibly
put
me
i
a
ambula ce.
But,
I
will
co ti ue
this
fight,& dquo;
he
said.

Stude ts
P otest
Ove
Rec uitme t
Exams

The
stude t-led
p otest
bega
o
July
25
a d
is
seeki g
g eate
t a spa e cy
i
competitive
exami atio s
a d
fai
oppo tu ities
fo
stude ts,
acco di g
to
Mahto.

P oteste s
alleged
that
police
stopped
vehicles
ca yi g
stude ts
o
thei
way
to
Ra chi
a d
put
up
seve al
ba icades
topped
with
ba bed
wi e.
They
also
claimed
that
wate
ca o s,
tea
gas
a d
bato s
we e
used
to
dispe se
the
demo st ato s.

Officials
said
seve al
p oteste s
a d
fou
policeme
we e
i ju ed
du i g
clashes
ea
the
Assembly
afte
demo st ato s
b eached
multiple
ba icades.

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Mahto
Says
P otest
Is
Not
Political

Mahto
mai tai ed
that
the
moveme t
was
ot
politically
motivated
a d
said
p oteste s
would
decide
thei
ext
cou se
of
actio
based
o
the
state
gove me t’s
espo se
to
thei
dema ds.

He
said
the
agitatio
was
ot
about
him
pe so ally
but
co ce ed
a
much
la ge
sectio
of
stude ts
ac oss
Jha kha d.

“This
fight
is
ot
fo
me,
but
fo
lakhs
of
stude ts
i
the
state,& dquo;
Mahto
said.

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