Job aspirants clashed with police during a march to the Jharkhand Assembly in Ranchi demanding a CBI probe into alleged JSSC-CGL irregularities and cancellation of disputed exams. Police used water cannons, tear gas and lathi charge to stop protesters. The agitation continued despite the government agreeing to cancel some JPSC exams, as students maintained their demand for a CBI inquiry.
Ranchi: A large number of job aspirants reached the Jharkhand assembly premises in Ranchi despite police taking tough measures, including using water cannons, lobbing tear gas shells, baton charging them, and putting up barbed-wire barricades to stop them.
The house was adjourned for the day as the agitators closed in on the House, reaching gate number one. Protesters carrying national flags also sat on dharna outside the assembly gate and insisted they would not leave until the government conceded their demands. Protesters demanded a CBI probe into the alleged JSSC-CGL exam irregularities and the complete cancellation of disputed examinations handled by blacklisted agencies. Later, police resorted to a lathi charge—the second one during the assembly march protest—to vacate the area, leaving some students including girls with minor injuries. A protesting girl screamed, “There is not a single woman in their administration, yet they are brutally assaulting people and behaving like government stooges. The Jharkhand government speaks of the ‘Mahila Samman Yojana’, but its machinery is busy assaulting mothers and sisters on the streets. Such officials should wear black uniforms as a symbol of their shameful conduct.”
Another protester told police not to stop beating him, telling chief minister Hemant Soren that he gave them a good gift on his birthday.
Police also erected barricades, including barbed-wire ones at multiple places to stop students from reaching the assembly. The clash turned violent when protesters breached multiple barricades and reached the final security perimeter near the Jagannathpur Temple, roughly 200 meters from the Assembly.
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