BJP stages protest on Jharkhand Assembly premises over job exam 'irregularities'
The BJP-led opposition in Jharkhand on Friday (August 7, 2026) staged a protest on the assembly premises, demanding a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities
The BJP-led opposition in Jharkhand on Friday (August 7, 2026) staged a protest on the assembly premises, demanding a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations in the State. The opposition MLAs held placards aloft and raised slogans, like 'stop selling students' future' and 'recommend a CBI probe into irregularities in JPSC examination' to target the JMM-led government. BJP chief whip Naveen Jaiswal said the CID probe into the alleged job exam scam has been initiated to "cover up the issues".
"It is an eyewash. The youth doesn't have faith in the CID probe. The protesters will get justice only when a CBI team probes into the irregularities raised by the protesters," Mr. Jaiswal said. The CID has so far arrested 19 people in connection with the job exam irregularities. The protest, which began on July 25 under the banner of the JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium in Ranchi, emerged as one of the biggest student-led movements in the State in recent years.
The demonstration against the alleged irregularities in recruitment exams in Jharkhand entered its 14th day on Friday with six demonstrators on a hunger strike, even as two student unions announced that they would hold a march to the State assembly, which is in session, during the day. The demonstrators have been demanding cancellation of the 14th Jharkhand PSC Civil Services Examination and an independent probe into the alleged irregularities in the recruitment test either by the CBI or by a panel of retired high court judges from outside the State.
They also stressed comprehensive reforms in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC). Jaiswal claimed that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has time to talk to protesters over the phone but "cannot spare 1.5 hours to reach Ranchi's demonstration site by a flight.
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