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Jharkhand Student Protest highlights: BJP calls Aug 11 Jharkhand bandh over police lathi-charge on protesting students
Jharkhand Student Protest highlights: The BJP has called for a Jharkhand bandh on Tuesday, August 11, to protest the police lathi-charge and alleged "atrocities" against students protesting over alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations.
- 10:17 PM IST, Aug 10BJP calls Aug 11 Jharkhand bandh over police lathi-charge on protesting students
- 8:56 PM IST, Aug 10Student leader Devendra Mahto hospitalised as health deteriorates after 9-day hunger strike
- 8:47 PM IST, Aug 10Ranchi protester Sanjay Mahto alleges police lathi-charge, says 'even if they kill us, we will not bow down'
- 7:52 PM IST, Aug 104 policemen injured in stone pelting during protesters' march to Jharkhand Assembly: Ranchi SP
- 7:40 PM IST, Aug 10Student leader Devendra Mahto says 'on hunger strike for 9 days', alleges police pushed him, forced him into ambulance
- 5:16 PM IST, Aug 10Ranchi protest sees 'Pushpa' join Vidhan Sabha Gherao, says Jharkhand students 'will neither bow nor stop'
- 4:56 PM IST, Aug 10Ranchi protest sees clash as student leader urges peaceful march, action against 'anti-social elements'
- 3:07 PM IST, Aug 10Police use tear gas as job aspirants breach barricades, march towards Jharkhand Assembly
- 2:24 PM IST, Aug 10Man dresses up as ‘Pushpa’ to join protest
- 2:13 PM IST, Aug 10What police said on lathicharge
- 1:51 PM IST, Aug 10JLKM MLA urges police to cooperate with students
- 1:33 PM IST, Aug 10‘Barbaric lathicharge, police hit us on head,’ says a student protester
- 1:16 PM IST, Aug 10Police use lathicharge to disperse crowd
- 1:04 PM IST, Aug 10Protesters dance as police use water cannons
- 12:52 PM IST, Aug 10‘Is this Pakistan?’ Student leader on ‘spiked barricading’
- 12:43 PM IST, Aug 10Police use water canons to disperse crowd
- 12:24 PM IST, Aug 10‘It’s Hemant Soren's birthday, don't cause any mishap like Jantar Mantar' - Student leaer Mahto
- 12:16 PM IST, Aug 10Students climb over police barricades during Vidhan Sabha march
- 11:55 AM IST, Aug 10‘Reached here in ambulance, will go ahead on stretcher’ - Dvendra Mahto
- 11:51 AM IST, Aug 10Devendra Nath Mahto joins march to Vidhan Sabha
- 11:40 AM IST, Aug 10JLKM's Devendra Nath Mahto join march from ambulance
- 11:23 AM IST, Aug 10Student resolve to march peacefully
- 11:14 AM IST, Aug 10Students march to New Assembly building
- 11:12 AM IST, Aug 10JLKM MLA alleges govt failure
- 11:03 AM IST, Aug 10BJP leaders staging sit-in outside CM's house detained
- 10:50 AM IST, Aug 10BJP leaders stage sit-in protest outside CM Hemant Soren's residence
- 10:49 AM IST, Aug 10Students march towards Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha
- 10:42 AM IST, Aug 10Students demand CBI probe into exam irregularities
- 10:27 AM IST, Aug 10Big shake-up in JPSC amid protests
- 10:12 AM IST, Aug 10ED files money laundering case into JPSC exam irregularities
- 10:03 AM IST, Aug 10Govt claims 98% demands accepted, students say ‘not true’
- 9:50 AM IST, Aug 10Police' security arrangements ahead of ‘vidha sabha gherao’
- 9:32 AM IST, Aug 10Doctors inspect health of sudents on hunger strike
- 9:17 AM IST, Aug 10‘Today is day of revolution,’ says Devendra Nath Mahato
- 9:12 AM IST, Aug 10‘Govt has not conceded to 100% of our demands,' says student leader
- 9:03 AM IST, Aug 10PM Modi's birthday wish to CM Hemant Soren ahead of students' march
- 8:52 AM IST, Aug 10Protesters leave Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium to march towards the ‘Vidhan Sabha’
- 8:45 AM IST, Aug 10‘Wherever police stops us, we will simply sit right there,’ says student leader
- 8:31 AM IST, Aug 10Govt urges student leader to end indefinite hunger strike
- 8:29 AM IST, Aug 10Schools to remain closed today
- 8:27 AM IST, Aug 10Student leader urges people from across state to join ‘vidhan sabha gherao’ march
Jharkhand students protest highlights: After sixth round of talks with Jharkhand government failed to reach a breakthrough on Sunday, the student protesting in the state marched towards the Vidhan Sabha in Ranchi on Monday to protest against alleged irregularities in Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) examinations. Security across Ranchi was beefed ahead of to the march....Read More
Razor fencing was installed along the route to Jharkhand's vidhan sabha near Jagannath Temple in Ranchi and section 163 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) was imposed within a 750-metre radius of the Vidhan Sabha. Most of the schools in Ranchi are closed today.
Track live updates of students protest in Jharkhand in Hindi here
Meanwhile, ED filed a money laundering case to probe alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) examinations.
On Sunday, the Jharkhand government, led by Hemant Soren, and students sat for a sixth round of talks to end the protest but failed to reach a breakthrough and accused each other of not being serious about resolving the matter. The students then announced that their protest will continue.
There were conflicting claims on what happened during the talks, with the state government claiming that they conceded to “98 per cent” of the students' demands while the other side insisting that it was not true.
What are the Jharkhand students demanding?
Among the key demands put forth by the students protesting at Ranchi's Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium are a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the state recruitment exams, cancellation of all JSSC CGL, JSSC JE and PGT examinations conducted after 2019, and reforms in the recruitment process for state government jobs.
They have also demanded strict action against those guilty in exam irregularities, disclosure of category-wise cut-offs, OMR copies and response sheets, along with a recruitment calendar on the lines of UPSC and SSC.
The students have claimed that their demands have not yet been met by authorities.
"We had categorised our demands into three sections--cancellation of exams, investigation, and reforms. The government did accept and fulfil the demands related to reforms. However, regarding our demands for cancellation--specifically the cancellation of all exams conducted by the TDPL agency, the JSSC-CGL exam, the PGT exam, the Excise exam, and all other exams involving Abhay Tiwari--the government has shown no willingness to agree," said student leader Ravindra Paswan, as quoted by news agency ANI.
He also appealed students from across the state to join today's march and said that the march will remain peaceful.
"If any anti-social element or unruly individual attempts to weaken or incite violence within our movement, we students will firmly oppose them and hand them over to the police," he said.
Jharkhand students protest LIVE: Govt urges student leader to end indefinite hunger strike
Jharkhand students protest LIVE: Even though no breakthrough was reached on Sunday after sixth rounds of talks, the Jharkhand government panel spoke to Devendra Nath Mahto, a student leader who has been on an indefinite hunger strike for the past eight days and whose health deteriorated early Sunday, and urged him to end his fast.
Jharkhand students protest LIVE: Schools to remain closed today
Jharkhand students protest LIVE: Most schools will remain closed in Ranchi on Monday as a prohibitory order will be in force within a 750-metre radius of the state assembly from 6 am to 10 pm.
Jharkhand students protest LIVE: Student leader urges people from across state to join ‘vidhan sabha gherao’ march
Jharkhand students protest LIVE: Student leader Ravindra Paswan urged students from across the state to join their ‘vidhan sabha gherao’ march today in Ranchi.
"If you want the exams conducted by the TDPL agency cancelled and subjected to a CBI inquiry, and if you want the JSSC-CGL exam cancelled and investigated by the CBI, then please join the protest," he said, as quoted by ANI.
