Jharkhand exam row: Students suspend 26-day stir after state cancels 22 exams
Students protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations in Jharkhand on Wednesday suspended their 26-day agitation and gave the state government a two-month ultimatum to resolve the issues, news agency PTI reported. The announcement came a day after the JMM-led government issued notifications cancelling 22 recruitment examinations and ordering a probe into 23 others conducted by the state public service commission and an outsourced agency since 2014. “We are now suspending the stir and giving a two-month ultimatum to the government to resolve the issues and conduct a fair probe into recruitment exam irregularities,” said a leader of the JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch. The Manch, which led the students’ agitation at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium here, said three protesters — Rupesh Kumar Pal, Savita Kumari and Rahul Kranti — ended their 15-day fast on Wednesday. Manch leader Ravindra Paswan said, “The 26-day protest by students forced J’khand government to cancel 22 recruitment exams and launch a probe into 23 others.” Spokesperson Piyush Kumar Singh said that if the issues remained unresolved, they would be forced to relaunch …



