Jharkhand agrees to scrap three exams as student protests intensify; all three JPSC members quit
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Jharkhand’s government has agreed to cancel three examinations, including the preliminary test for the 14th Jharkhand Public Service Commission civil services exam, after six hours of talks with protesting students in Ranchi. The decision came as the agitation entered its 16th day on Sunday, and all three members of the state public service commission resigned amid the pressure.
The state also accepted a demand to bring in the Enforcement Directorate to examine alleged financial irregularities linked to the 14th JPSC exam. The move marked a sharp turn in a dispute that has kept campuses, streets and state offices on edge for more than two weeks.
Protesters keep up the pressure
Even after the government’s concessions, student groups said they would not back down. They want the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level result cancelled as well, and they are pressing for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into all JPSC-linked examinations. No deal yet.
Technical and Higher Education Minister Sudivya Kumar Sonu, who was part of the panel that met the student delegations, said the government had accepted 98% of their demands. But the gap on the JSSC-CGL result remained wide. The state said it cannot cancel that result because the process was held under Supreme Court monitoring.
Talks end, march planned
The negotiations took place in Ranchi with two separate delegations of students. After six hours, the talks ended without full agreement. Protest leaders said they would continue their agitation and plan to march to the Jharkhand Assembly on Monday.
“Dialogue, not batons, can solve all problems,” Chief Minister Hemant Soren said, according to the material from the protest coverage. The remark came as demonstrators hardened their stance and prepared for another round of street pressure.
The resignations inside the JPSC added weight to the crisis. All three members stepped down on Sunday, while the state faced continuing student anger over alleged irregularities in the exams. The standoff now turns on one remaining flashpoint: whether the government will go further on the JSSC-CGL result. That fight is not over.
