Ranchi, Aug 7:
The protest against the alleged irregularities in recruitment exams in Jharkhand entered its 14th day with six demonstrators on a hunger strike, while agitating students and job aspirants formed an 11-member delegation to hold talks with the government to resolve the impasse.
The ripples of their demonstration reached the state assembly during the day with opposition MLAs raising slogans on its premises on the first day of the Monsoon Session. The protest, which began on July 25 under the banner of the JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium here, emerged as one of the biggest student-led movements in the state in recent years.
“We have formed an 11-member delegation, comprising eight students, two experts (journalists) and an advocate, in response to the government’s offer to hold talks in connection with the stir,” said an office bearer of the JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch.
The decision to hold talks with the government was taken a day after Chief Minister Hemant Soren said the doors of his government were open to agitators. A five-member government panel is likely to hold talks with the protesters in the evening, an official said.