Job seekers in Jharkhand are escalating their protests over alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) examinations. On Saturday, they announced plans to gherao Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s official residence on August 20. The demonstrators are calling for Soren’s resignation, citing dissatisfaction with the handling of the examination process and the broader implications for job fairness in the state.
But such symbolisms won’t work anymore… It’s time that accountability must also be fixed for the scams”. “We have been pleading the government in a Gandhian way till now. But our demands have been falling on deaf ear. We are reiterating our demands to cancel JSSC -CGL exam and order CBI inquiry. Protesting students also demanded Congress to withdraw support from JMM-led coalition. We seek his resignation as both the JMM and the Congress are playing politics with us. We also demand that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi withdraw support from the JMM-led coalition if the CM is not listening to him. “Rahul Gandhi spoke to us on phone. The protesting students have been demanding a CBI investigation or an inquiry by a panel of retired judges from outside Jharkhand into the alleged irregularities.
We are today announcing to gherao the chief minister residence on August 20. JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch leader Ravindra Paswan said: “We will gherao the chief minister’s residence on August 20.
Seeking “accountability” for the irregularities, spokesperson of the “JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch”, Piyush Singh, said: “This is the first time we are making this demand. If they don’t, we will march to the chief minister residence and keep sitting there until our demands are met,” Singh told reporters.
