4 min learnRanchiUp to date: Aug 16, 2026 08:15 PM IST
Because the JPSC-JSSC college students’ protest entered its twenty third day, protesters on Sunday introduced a change within the “framework of their motion” as they issued an ultimatum to the Jharkhand government and warned of a march to Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s residence on August 20 if their calls for weren’t fulfilled.
The scholars additionally formally introduced, for the primary time, that they might demand the CM’s resignation if the federal government fails to fulfill their calls for. Additionally they introduced plans to burn the effigies of Soren, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and different leaders related to the ruling alliance throughout all 24 districts of Jharkhand on Sunday night.
The announcement marks an essential flip within the scholar agitation, which has intensified for the reason that August 10 march in the direction of the Jharkhand Meeting, when protesters clashed with police and the latter used water cannons, tear gas and lathi charge to disperse the gang.
Piyush Singh, a spokesperson for the JPSC-JSSC Reform Manch, mentioned the scholars have 4 principal calls for: Cancellation of the JSSC-CGL (Jharkhand Employees Choice Fee-Mixed Graduate Degree) examination, cancellation of the eleventh to thirteenth JPSC examinations, cancellation of all examinations performed via or linked to TDPL (the testing company), and involvement of the CBI within the ongoing inquiries.
Final week, because the government announced cancellation of three JPSC-linked examinations, a minister mentioned the CGL examination outcomes couldn’t be cancelled as the method was performed beneath the monitoring of the Supreme Court docket and the Excessive Court docket.
“If these calls for should not fulfilled by the federal government, we are going to march in the direction of the Chief Minister’s residence. We’re formally asserting for the primary time that if these calls for should not met, the Chief Minister must resign,” Singh mentioned.
“10 August toh bas jhaanki hai, 20 August abhi baaki hai (August 10 was only a preview, be careful for August 20),” Singh mentioned, referring to the deliberate escalation of the motion. He described the announcement as an ultimatum to the federal government and raised the slogan, “Naukri chor, gaddi chhod (those that stole the roles must depart their chair).”
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‘Not Gandhi, we are going to grow to be Bhagat Singh’
One other scholar chief, Ravindra Paswan, mentioned the protesters would now change the framework of their motion. “The time has come to vary the framework of the motion. The Gandhian motion is over. Now we are going to grow to be Bhagat Singh. Even when now we have to take a bullet, we are going to take it on our chest,” Paswan mentioned.
The scholar leaders mentioned the subsequent section of the agitation would concentrate on intensifying strain on the federal government if their calls for should not addressed.
Responding to the scholars’ ultimatum, spokesperson of the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Manoj Pandey mentioned the federal government has been taking the problem critically for the reason that starting.
“Every thing has been taken critically from Day 1. Even earlier than the scholars began the protest, we have been taking the matter critically. Now we have by no means taken it evenly. Now we have been arresting individuals one after the opposite,” Pandey mentioned.
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He alleged that the protest was being utilized by individuals with pursuits past these of the scholars and questioned who was “utilizing the shoulders of the scholars” to focus on the JMM-led authorities within the state.
Pandey additionally questioned the involvement of teaching operators and lecturers within the motion. “Why is there a necessity for teaching operators or teaching lecturers to come back into this matter? Why are they guiding the scholars?” he mentioned.
He instructed that the federal government was analyzing who was behind the agitation and who was making an attempt to use the scholars’ motion for political functions.
