Jharkhand students demand CM Soren’s resignation, ask Congress to ‘withdraw support’ from JMM coalition

College students, protesting in opposition to alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations, on Saturday (August 15, 2026), accused the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Congress of enjoying politics over their points and introduced that they’d gherao Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s residence in Ranchi on August 20, demanding his resignation.

The protesters additionally stated that they’d burn effigies of the Chief Minister and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi throughout all 24 districts of the State on Sunday (August 16, 2026), alleging that the ruling JMM-Congress alliance “didn’t take concrete motion” on their calls for.

Additionally they demanded that Mr. Gandhi withdraw help from the JMM-led coalition if the “CM just isn’t listening” to him.

College students march with the nationwide flag from Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium to Albert Ekka Chowk to demand cancellation of the JSSC CLG and JPSC papers on the day of the eightieth Independence Day, in Ranchi on August 16, 2026.
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They took out a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ in Ranchi on Saturday (August 15, 2026) to mark the nation’s eightieth Independence Day and to press their demand for larger transparency and reforms within the recruitment examination system.

The protest below JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch entered its twenty second day, with 1000’s of scholars and job aspirants, together with two wheelchair-borne demonstrators who have been on quick, taking part within the ‘Tiranga Yatra’ from Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium, the positioning of the continued agitation, to Albert Ekka Chowk in Ranchi. Carrying the nationwide flags, the protesters raised slogans akin to “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and “Vande Mataram”.

Specifically-abled job aspirants in wheelchairs lead a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ procession taken out by college students and job seekers below the banner of JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch close to Albert Ekka Chowk on August 15, 2026.
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“We’ll gherao the Chief Minister’s residence on August 20. We search his resignation as each the JMM and the Congress are enjoying politics with us. We additionally demand that Rahul Gandhi withdraw help from the JMM-led coalition if the CM just isn’t listening to him,” JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch chief Ravindra Paswan stated.

The protesters stated they’d not withdraw the demonstration till the federal government addresses their calls for, together with the cancellation of examinations wherein alleged irregularities have been discovered and an impartial probe into the recruitment course of.

The platform of the protesting college students has sought a CBI investigation or an inquiry by a panel of retired judges from outdoors Jharkhand into the alleged examination irregularities. The JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch has additionally demanded cancellation of the JSSC-CGL check and sure Jharkhand PSC examinations that it considers suspicious.

The protesters appealed to college students throughout Jharkhand to assemble in Ranchi for the proposed gherao of the CM’s residence on August 20 and stated they’d not withdraw agitation till their calls for are met.

Additionally they focused Mr. Gandhi, saying he had expressed help for college kids however that “no concrete motion” had adopted.

The scholars’ platform demanded that Congress withdraw help from the JMM-led authorities whether it is unwilling to behave on their considerations.

“We demanded CM Hemant Soren’s resignation as the federal government didn’t cancel JSSC-CGL and the JPSC examinations wherein irregularities have been discovered,” the scholar chief stated.