Ahead of Monday's march to the Vidhan Sabha, JPSC-JSSC protesters said the march and gherao would be conducted "in a peaceful and constitutional manner,"
with students gathering from 9 am and the march commencing between 10:30 and 11 am. Around 300-400 volunteers are expected to manage the march, student leader Ravindra Paswan said, adding that the protesters would not be deterred by police barricading. The students protesting at Ranchi's Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium over the alleged irregularities in recruitment exams in the state will march to the assembly after the government failed to break the deadlock after multiple rounds of talks. "I urge all students and the general public to maintain peace and adhere to constitutional norms. Since we students are leading this movement, we must demonstrate that we are disciplined and educated," Paswan said, adding that students from every district of Jharkhand were arriving for the protest and a massive turnout was expected. Paswan said around 300-400 volunteers would help ensure the march remained peaceful, and appealed to the police administration to assist in preventing anti-social elements from disrupting the movement. "If we spot any anti-social elements or unruly individuals, we will identify them ourselves and hand them over to the authorities," he said.
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Paswan also made clear the protesters would not be deterred by police barricading. "Wherever the police administration stops us, we will simply sit down right there. Our movement is symbolic," he said, warning that failure to heed the students' demands could trigger an even larger protest the following day.
The Jharkhand Police has imposed prohibitory orders around the assembly premises and made elaborate security arrangements across the city. The students' protest entered its 17th day on Monday, while six of them are on hunger strike protesting against alleged irregularities in recruitment exams.
A prohibitory order has already been promulgated within a 750-metre radius of the Vidhan Sabha building from August 6 to 12. The order will be in place between 6 am and 10 pm on these days, he said. The Ranchi district administration has made an appeal to agitating students to refrain from participating in any kind of aggressive demonstrations. It also cautioned against violence and illegal activities during the protest march to the assembly.
VIDEO | Ranchi: Security tightened ahead of students' proposed protest to lay siege around Jharkhand legislative assembly premises on August 10th.
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"In view of the possibility of unrest during the students’ proposed march to the state assembly, the police administration has been put on alert," ADG (Headquarters) Manoj Kaushik said. He urged the students to participate in the march in a "peaceful and disciplined" manner as they have shown their discipline in the ongoing protest here for over two weeks, he said. "It is their responsibility to ensure that anti-social elements and troublemakers are prevented from joining the march," the ADG said.
Ranchi SSP Rakesh Ranjan said that maintaining law and order during the march is everyone’s responsibility.
"We do not want a blot on the career of any student due to disruption of law and order. Barricades have been put in place at major points with the deployment of adequate police force across the city," the SSP said.
After Sunday talks, a Jharkhand government panel said it was unfortunate that the students are not lifting their agitation even after the authorities have agreed to most of their demands.
"It is unfortunate that students are not ready to withdraw the agitation, though we agreed to most of their demands. There is no intention to save any culprit involved in exam irregularities. We are ready for all probes. We appeal to students and their parents to shun agitation and choose dialogue to resolve the issue," Higher and Technical Education Minister Sudivya Kumar said.
However, students said that the JMM-led dispensation was "spreading lies" as it agreed to cancel only 3 of 13 competitive tests and sought support from political parties and common people for their ongoing peaceful democratic protest and proposed 'Vidhan Sabha March' on August 10.
Later in the evening, all three members of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) resigned from their positions. Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar accepted the resignation of Ajeeta Bhattacharya, Anima Hansda and Jamal Ahmad, according to a statement issued by the Lok Bhavan.
The resignations came after the CID summoned the three members for questioning in connection with the allegations of irregularities, including paper leaks.
Expressing dissatisfaction with the government's recent decisions, Paswan said all the students' demands were "binding and essential" and that they remained firm on them. "Every exam we have challenged is tainted; the CGL exam, in particular, was a massive scam. The government shows no intention of addressing these exams at all; in fact, they seem completely unwilling to even investigate some of the exams," he said.
