Jharkhand Students Protest: FIR Against 600 Protesters After March To Assembly

A
FIR
has
bee
egiste ed
agai st
a ou d
600
p oteste s
followi g
a
ma ch
towa ds
the
Jha kha d
Assembly
i
Ra chi.
The
case
ames
100
p oteste s,
while
a othe
500
u ide tified
stude ts
a d
othe
pa ticipa ts
have
also
bee
booked.

The
stude ts’
agitatio
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
Jha kha d
ec uitme t
exami atio s
e te ed
its
20th
day
o
Thu sday,
with
p oteste s
mai tai i g
that
they
will
co ti ue
the
demo st atio
u til
thei
dema ds
a e
add essed.

What
A e
The
P oteste s
Dema di g?

The
‘JPSC-JSSC
Refo ms
Ma ch& squo;
has
bee
stagi g
its
p otest
at
the
Jaipal
Si gh
Mu da
Stadium
i
Ra chi.
The
p oteste s
a e
seeki 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
i vestigatio
by
the
CBI
o
a
committee
comp isi g
eti ed
judges
f om
outside
Jha kha d.

The
agitatio
i te sified
afte
p oteste s
attempted
to
ma ch
towa ds
the
Assembly
o
Mo day.
Secu ity
fo ces
used
bato s,
wate
ca o s
a d
tea
gas
to
dispe se
the
c owd.
The
i cide t
p ompted
the
BJP
to
call
a
statewide
ba dh
i
p otest
agai st
the
police
actio .

BJP,
Co g ess
T ade
Cha ges

Fo me
Jha kha d
chief
mi iste
Raghuba
Das
o
Wed esday
th eate ed
to
begi
a
hu ge
st ike
if
the
dema d
fo
a
CBI
i qui y
was
ot
accepted
withi
a
week.
The
ABVP
has
also
a ou ced
pla s
fo
demo st atio s
at
mo e
tha
1,200
u ive sities
i
co ectio
with
the
issue.

Das
has
dema ded
compe satio
of
Rs
1
c o e
fo
the
families
of
each
of
the
19
people
who
died
du i g
the
2024
excise
co stable
physical
exami atio .
ABVP
leade s
have
also
aised
questio s
ove
the
state-appoi ted
Special
I vestigatio
Team
(SIT),
citi g
multiple
cha ges
i
its
compositio
a d
questio i g
its
c edibility.

The
BJP
has
accused
the
Hema t
So e -led
gove me t
of
attempti g
to
supp ess
the
stude ts’
moveme t.
The
Co g ess,
i
espo se,
alleged
that
the
BJP
was
politicisi g
the
agitatio
a d
had
b ought
wo ke s
f om
outside
Jha kha d
to
dis upt
the
p otests.

Hu ge
St ikes
Add
To
P essu e

JLKM
leade
Deve d a
Nath
Mahto,
who
has
bee
o
hu ge
st ike,
is
cu e tly
u de goi g
t eatme t
i
a
hospital
afte
his
health
dete io ated.
He
has
sought
pe missio
f om
the
Ra chi
civil
su geo
to
etu
to
the
p otest
ve ue,
sayi g
his
“soul& dquo;
emai ed
with
the
stude ts’
moveme t.

Fou
othe
stude ts
o
hu ge
st ike
we e
also
eceivi g
medical
t eatme t
at
a
hospital.

Six
ou ds
of
discussio s
betwee
gove me t
ep ese tatives
a d
the
p otesti g
stude ts
have
so
fa
failed
to
esolve
the
impasse.

Chief
Mi iste
Hema t
So e
has
said
his
gove me t
is
committed
to
efo mi g
the
ec uitme t
exami atio
system.
He
has
assu ed
the
p oteste s
that
the
14th
JPSC
exami atio
would
be
ca celled,
while
accusi g
the
BJP
of
attempti g
to
exploit
the
agitatio
fo
political
gai s.

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