Jharkhand protest LIVE: Students urge Rahul to ‘withdraw govt’s support’, plan to gherao CM Soren’s residence
Aug 17, 2026, 09:57:17 IST Student leader Devendra Nath Mahto being carried during a march towards Jharkhand Assembly amid a protest over alleged irregularities in the 14th JPSC examination, JSSC-CGL and other recruitment tests. Jharkhand protest LIVE: The Jharkhand government has invited job aspirants protesting alleged irregularities in state recruitment examinations for another round of talks on Monday, officials said. The development came a day after the JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch, which is leading the agitation, announced plans to gherao Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s residence on August 20 and demand his resignation. ‘Come to protest site’: Students urge Rahul Gandhi One of the protesters, Baha Linda, while talking to news agency ANI, appealed that if Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is unhappy with the lathi charge on students, he should visit the protest site and withdraw support from the government, similar to his expression of unhappiness over the incident at Jantar Mantar. “Rahul Gandhi says that he condemns the lathi charge. If you are really unhappy with the lathi charge on students, then we would like you …








