Ranchi: The ongoing protest by JPSC and JSSC aspirants in Jharkhand intensified on Monday as students marching towards the state Assembly breached multiple police barricades, despite heavy security arrangements in Ranchi. The protesters were met with water cannons as they pushed ahead towards the Assembly premises. The use of water cannons, however, did not stop the demonstrators from moving closer to the high-security area. Visuals from the protest showed students climbing over police barricades as the Assembly march gathered momentum. The march was part of the ongoing agitation by aspirants demanding action over alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC).Students continue protest over recruitment examsThe agitation has been continuing for more than two weeks, with students raising concerns over examination irregularities and demanding reforms in the recruitment system. The protesters have also been seeking cancellation of the JSSC-CGL examination.
Talks between representatives of the protesting students and the state government over the past few days failed to break the deadlock. The students subsequently decided to march towards the Vidhan Sabha on August 10.
Ahead of the march, the administration had imposed restrictions around the Assembly and deployed additional security personnel. Multiple layers of barricading were put up to prevent protesters from entering the high-security zone.