JPSC exam cancellation demand met,Students say protests to continue

The standoff between the Jharkhand government and protesting JPSC-JSSC aspirants hardened on Sunday after talks failed to produce an agreement, with student leaders declaring that they would not compromise until a CBI probe was announced. The protesters have now called for a massive march towards the Jharkhand Assembly on August 10, with thousands of aspirants expected to participate.Jharkhand Minister Sudivya Kumar Sonu said the government had held three days of talks with the aspirants and consulted extensively before deciding to address alleged irregularities in the 14th GPSC and the 2023-25 backlog recruitments.On reforms, Sonu said the government would form a committee of experts from IIT-ISM, IIM Ranchi and XLRI to guide the process.

#WATCH | Ranchi, Jharkhand: JPSC-JSCC aspirants' protest | After meeting with the aspirants' delegation, Jharkhand Minister Sudivya Kumar Sonu says, "Following three days of talks and extensive consultations, and acting on the instructions of CM Hemant Soren, the government… https://t.co/0UIgrcahhE pic.twitter.com/HIcbgVjUqr

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Protesting students maintained that their key demands, particularly a CBI investigation and action over alleged irregularities in the CGL and other JSSC examinations, remained unresolved.The other major point of disagreement was the students’ demand for cancellation of the CGL examination.

Ranchi, Jharkhand: After the meeting with government representatives, student delegation member Ravindar Paswan says, "Today was our second round of talks with the government delegation. Not all our demands were accepted. Our demand is that all examinations conducted by the TDPL… pic.twitter.com/wzq8XuWNsI

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The Jharkhand government, however, maintained that it had gone a long way towards addressing the students’ concerns.