J’khand exam stir: Govt, protesters accuse each other of not being serious in finding solution

Ra chi,
Aug
9
(PTI):
The
sixth
ou d
of
talks
betwee
the
Jha kha d
gove me t
a d
stude ts
p otesti g
agai st
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s
i
the
state
failed
to
each
a y
b eakth ough
o
Su day,
with
both
sides
accusi g
each
othe
of
ot
bei g
se ious
about
esolvi g
the
matte .

While
the
gove me t
pa el
said
it
was
u fo tu ate
that
the
stude ts
did
ot
lift
the
agitatio
despite
the
autho ities
co cedi g
to
“98
pe
ce t
of
thei
dema ds”,
the
othe
side
i sisted
that
the
claim
was
ot
t ue,
a d
stuck
to
thei
dema d
fo
a
CBI
p obe
i to
the
alleged
a omalies.

Chief
Mi iste
Hema t
So e
a d
Gove o
Sa tosh
Kuma
Ga gwa
u ged
the
stude ts
to
shu
the
path
of
agitatio ,
while
the
p oteste s
said
they
will
go
o
with
thei
call
fo
a
Jha kha d
Assembly
ma ch
o
August
10.

The
gove me t
pa el
also
talked
to
Deve d a
Nath
Mahto,
o e
of
the
i dividuals
who
has
bee
o
a
i defi ite
hu ge
st ike
fo
the
past
eight
days
a d
whose
co ditio
dete io ated
ea ly
o
Su day,
a d
u ged
him
to
e d
the
fast.

The
gove me t
said
elabo ate
secu ity
a a geme ts
have
bee
made
a d
that
o
stude t
will
be
ha assed
du i g
the
p otest.

Mea while,
most
of
the
schools
will
emai
closed
o
Mo day
while
a
p ohibito y
o de
has
bee
p omulgated
i
the
750-met e
vici ity
of
the
assembly
betwee
6
am
a d
10
pm.

BJP
leade
Ama
Bau i
alleged
that
the
pa ty’s
state
u it
p eside t
Aditya
Sahu
has
bee
“put
u de
house
a est”.

The
agitati g
stude ts
ejected
the
state
gove me t’s
claim
that
it
had
accepted
98
pe
ce t
of
thei
dema ds,
asse ti g
that
o ly
“th ee
of
the
13
exami atio s
they
wa ted
to
be
ca celled
had
bee
sc apped”.
They
a ou ced
that
thei
p oposed
ma ch
to
the
assembly
o
Mo day
would
go
ahead.

The
stude ts,
who
have
bee
agitati g
fo
16
days
a d
have
six
p oteste s
o
i defi ite
hu ge
st ike,
emai ed
fi m
o
thei
dema d
fo
a
CBI
p obe
i to
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s,
pa ticula ly
the
JSSC-CGL
exam.

Stude t
leade
Ravi d a
Paswa
accused
the
gove me t
of
sp eadi g
a
“false
a ative”
about
the
outcome
of
egotiatio s
a d
appealed
to
stude ts
ac oss
Jha kha d
to
pa ticipate
i
the
August
10
‘Vidha
Sabha
Ma ch’.

“We
will
ot
comp omise
till
ou
dema d
fo
a
CBI
p obe
is
fulfilled,”
Paswa
said
afte
the
sixth
ou d
of
talks
with
a
gove me t
pa el.

The
p oteste s
have
also
sought
ca cellatio
of
the
14th
JPSC
exami atio ,
publicatio
of
i vestigatio
fi di gs
a d
actio
agai st
those
fou d
guilty.

They
a e
dema di g
a
i depe de t
p obe
eithe
by
the
CBI
o
by
a
pa el
of
eti ed
high
cou t
judges
f om
outside
Jha kha d.

The
stude t
leade s
said
Mo day’s
p otest
would
emai
peaceful
a d
democ atic
a d
appealed
to
political
pa ties
a d
the
public
to
exte d
mo al
suppo t
without
givi g
the
agitatio
a
political
colou .

They
also
cautio ed
agai st
attempts
by
a ti-social
eleme ts
to
dis upt
the
demo st atio .

The
gove me t,
howeve ,
mai tai ed
that
it
had
accepted
98
pe
ce t
of
the
stude ts’
dema ds
a d
u ged
them
to
withd aw
the
agitatio
a d
etu
to
dialogue.

“It
is
u fo tu ate
that
stude ts
a e
ot
eady
to
withd aw
the
agitatio ,
though
we
ag eed
to
most
of
thei
dema ds.
The e
is
o
i te tio
to
save
a y
culp it
i volved
i
exam
i egula ities,”
Highe
a d
Tech ical
Educatio
Mi iste
Sudivya
Kuma ,
a
membe
of
the
gove me t
pa el,
said.

The
gove me t
has
ag eed
to
the
ca cellatio
of
the
14th
JPSC
exami atio ,
p oposed
a
ED
p obe
i to
alleged
fi a cial
i egula ities
i
the
JPSC
exami atio
a d
a ou ced
a
fast-t ack
cou t
that
would
file
cha ge
sheets
withi
90
days
i
cases
elati g
to
exami atio
“i egula ities”.

It
has
also
p oposed
a
expe t
pa el
comp isi g
ep ese tatives
f om
IIT-ISM
Dha bad,
IIM
Ra chi
a d
XLRI
Jamshedpu
to
ecomme d
exami atio
efo ms,
besides
a
committee
headed
by
a
eti ed
high
cou t
judge
to
exami e
the
JSSC-CGL
issue.

The
state
has
lau ched
a
po tal
seeki g
stude ts’
suggestio s
o
exami atio
efo ms
a d
said
it
would
fo mulate
a
sta da d
ope ati g
p ocedu e
to
e su e
t a spa e cy
i
futu e
ec uitme t
exami atio s.

The
gove me t,
howeve ,
said
it
could
ot
accept
the
dema d
fo
a
CBI
p obe
i to
the
JSSC-CGL
exami atio ,
stati g
that
the
exami atio
was
co ducted
u de
the
mo ito i g
of
the
high
cou t
a d
the
Sup eme
Cou t.

The
deadlock
co ti ued
despite
appeals
f om
Chief
Mi iste
Hema t
So e
a d
Gove o
Sa tosh
Kuma
Ga gwa
fo
dialogue.

So e
said
those
espo sible
fo
exami atio
“i egula ities”
would
face
st ict
actio
a d
assu ed
p otesti g
youths
that
justice
would
be
delive ed
with
t a spa e cy.

He
also
cautio ed
agai st
politicisi g
the
agitatio
a d
u ged
stude ts
ot
to
be
misled
by
political
i te ests.

Ga gwa
also
u ged
the
stude ts
to
esolve
the
issue
th ough
dialogue,
sayi g
the
gove me t’s
doo s
emai ed
ope
a d
that
the
autho ities
did
ot
wa t
to
comp omise
the
futu e
of
stude ts.

The
agitatio
was
fu the
i te sified
by
developme ts
withi
the
Jha kha d
Public
Se vice
Commissio
(JPSC),
with
all
th ee
of
its
membe s
esig i g
o
Su day
amid
allegatio s
of
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s.

The
gove o
accepted
the
esig atio s
of
Ajeeta
Bhattacha ya,
wife
of
JMM
leade
Sup iyo
Bhattacha yya,
A ima
Ha sda
a d
Jamal
Ahmad,
acco di g
to
a
stateme t
issued
by
the
Lok
Bhava .

The
esig atio s
came
afte
the
Jha kha d
CID
summo ed
all
th ee
membe s
fo
questio i g
i
co ectio
with
allegatio s,
i cludi g
pape
leaks.

Bhattacha ya
is
scheduled
to
be
questio ed
o
August
10,
Ahmad
o
August
12
a d
Ha sda
o
August
14.
JPSC
chai ma
L
Khia gte
had
esig ed
o
July
22.

Officials
said
19
people
have
so
fa
bee
a ested
i
co ectio
with
alleged
i egula ities
i
JPSC
exami atio s,
while
Khia gte
has
bee
questio ed
fou
times
si ce
July
28.

The
latest
ou d
of
egotiatio s
followed
seve al
meeti gs
betwee
the
gove me t
a d
diffe e t
stude t
g oups,
i cludi g
the
JPSC-JSSC
Refo ms
Ma ch,
NSUI,
Jha kha d
Chhat a
Mo cha
a d
Adivasi
Chhat a
Sa gh.

With
the
stude ts
efusi g
to
withd aw
thei
CBI
p obe
dema d
a d
the
gove me t
mai tai i g
its
positio
agai st
CBI
i qui y,
the
August
10
assembly
ma ch
assumes
sig ifica ce.
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