Protesters clash with police and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha workers in various districts of Jharkhand, accusing the state government of deceiving job aspirants. The protests are a result of the Jharkhand High Court's stay on the cancellation of recruitment appointments.
On Friday, students protesting against the Jharkhand High Court’s stay on the cancellation of recruitment appointments attempted to burn effigies of Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Ranchi. This led to clashes with police and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha workers, according to PTI. The protesters, under the banner of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission-Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Reforms Manch, accused the state government of deceiving and betraying job aspirants.
The Mahagathbandhan alliance, led by Soren’s Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and comprising the Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, is in power in Jharkhand. On Thursday , the High Court stayed the state government’s decision to cancel the 11th to 13th Jharkhand Public Service Commission Combined Civil Services examinations and directed candidates selected through these examinations to resume their duties immediately.
Following this, tension rose in Ranchi when students moved forward with the effigies and police seized them, the news agency reported. Lalpur police station officer-in-charge Rupesh Kumar Singh said the students had changed the designated route for the march and gone towards the Jharkhand Public Service Commission office, bringing traffic to a halt, The New Indian Express reported.
Similar clashes were reported in Hazaribag and Giridih, where Jharkhand Mukti Morcha workers confronted students who were trying to burn effigies of Soren, ANI reported.
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