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Students' agitation over JPSC-JSSC recruitment dispute ends, government given 2 months time; If investigation is not done then students will gather in Ranchi
Samira Vishwas | August 20, 2026 1:24 AM CST

Ranchi. The students' agitation that has been going on for several days against the alleged rigging and irregularities in the recruitment examinations of JPSC-JSSC in Jharkhand has ended for the time being. JPSC-JSSC Reform Forum announced to end the agitation on Tuesday. A day before this, late on Monday evening, Devendranath faction had also withdrawn their agitation.

The students have given the state government two months to complete a high-level and impartial investigation. The forum has warned that if the investigation is not completed within the stipulated time, students will once again reach Ranchi in large numbers. At that time the demand for CBI investigation will be the main issue of the movement.

Government has two months time-
In the meeting of the core committee of JPSC-JSSC Reform Manch, the decision was taken to end the agitation for now. Students say that the government has taken their demands seriously and has taken several steps, hence it should be given time to complete the investigation.

The forum made it clear that the government will have to complete an impartial investigation into the matters to the recruitment examinations within two months. If this does not happen the students will start the movement again.

Students said- the movement had an impact-
Core committee members claimed that the government acted on their demands under pressure from the students' movement. According to students, so far 22 recruitment examinations have been cancelled, while cases to many other examinations are under investigation.

Students say that when the government has started the investigation process, it would be appropriate to give it a chance to complete the investigation in a fair manner. For this reason, it has been decided to postpone the movement for the time being.

Devendranath group also withdrew the movement-
Different student groups were agitating regarding the JPSC-JSSC exam dispute. Late on Monday evening, Devendranath faction had announced to end the movement. After this, on Tuesday, JPSC-JSSC Reform Manch also ended its agitation.

With this, the ongoing students' agitation regarding recruitment examinations in Ranchi has stopped.

Students will keep an eye on the investigation-
The forum has clarified that the end of the agitation does not mean that the students have backed down from the government's action. Students will keep a constant eye on the investigation and action of the government.

If the investigation is not completed within two months or the students are not satisfied with the government's action, they will again gather in the capital Ranchi and this time a big movement will be launched demanding a CBI investigation.

The district administration also appealed to the students to return home-
Here, the district administration had also appealed to the students involved in the movement to return to their homes. It was said by the administration that the protest site should be vacated by Wednesday afternoon.

Now after the end of the movement, the process of returning of students from the protest site has started. At present the government has two months time. Now everyone's eyes are on whether the government is able to complete the investigation in this period or the students will have to take to the streets again.


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