Jharkhand Protest: Students Question Administration’s Silence Over Devendra Mahto’s Health

Ra chi,
Aug
13
(PTI)
Stude ts
p otesti g
agai st
alleged
ec uitme t
exam
i egula ities
i
Jha kha d
o
Thu sday
accused
the
Ra chi
dist ict
admi ist atio
of
delibe ately
withholdi g
the
health
details
of
Deve d a
Nath
Mahto,
who
has
bee
o
a
hu ge
st ike
fo
the
past
12
days
ove
the
issue.

Mahto
is
u de goi g
t eatme t
at
the
Sada
Hospital
he e,
a d
he
had
w itte
to
the
Ra chi
civil
su geo
o
Wed esday
ight,
seeki g
pe missio
to
etu
to
the
p otest
site
at
Jaipal
Si gh
Mu da
Stadium.

The
job
aspi a ts
have
bee
demo st ati g
fo
the
past
20
days
i
Ra chi
ove
the
alleged
i egula ities.

“Why
a e
the
health
details
of
JLKM
leade
Deve d a
Nath
Mahto
bei g
kept
u de
w aps
afte
12
days
o
fast,
a d
why
a e
we
ot
allowed
to
meet
him
at
Sada
Hospital?& dquo;
o e
of
the
p otesti g
stude ts
said.

‘JPSC-JSSC
Abhya thi
Nyay
Ma ch& squo;
p eside t
Ramavta
Mahto
accused
the
admi ist atio
of
delibe ately
cutti g
off
access
to
Mahto,
a d
withholdi g
his
health
updates
to
weake
the
stude ts& squo;
sti .

The
Jha kha d
Lokta t ik
K a tika i
Mo cha
(JLKM)
leade
had
to
be
admitted
to
hospital
o
Mo day,
afte
his
health
dete io ated
followi g
his
pa ticipatio
i
a
ma ch
to
the
Jha kha d
assembly
by
the
agitati g
stude ts.

I
his
lette
to
the
Ra chi
civil
su geo ,
Mahto
said
that
thousa ds
of
p otesti g
stude ts
sta d
with
him
i
this
moveme t.

“Today,
I
w ote
a
lette
to
the
civil
su geo
seeki g
pe missio
to
go
to
the
Jaipal
Si gh
Mu da
Stadium,
the
p otest
spot.
My
body
is
u de goi g
t eatme t
o
the
hospital
bed,
but
my
soul
is
at
the
satyag aha
site
whe e
stude ts
a d
youth
a e
e gaged
i
a
just
st uggle
fo
thei
futu e,”
Mahto
said
i
a
social
media
post
o
Wed esday.

The
stude ts
have
bee
dema di g
g eate
t a spa e cy
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s,
ca cellatio
of
seve al
tests
a d
a
i depe de t
p obe
by
the
CBI
o
a
pa el
of
eti ed
judges
f om
outside
Jha kha d.

Te sio s
escalated
ose
afte
a
co f o tatio
betwee
p oteste s
a d
the
police
du i g
thei
ma ch
towa ds
the
assembly
o
Mo day,
with
secu ity
pe so el
usi g
bato s,
wate
ca o s
a d
tea
gas
to
dispe se
the
agitato s.

Ea lie ,
six
ou ds
of
talks
betwee
the
gove me t
a d
stude t
ep ese tatives
failed
to
e d
the
deadlock.

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