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Jharkhand exam protests escalate as ED opens money-laundering case
Politics·Short term·▼ -4%

Jharkhand’s protest front will harden unless the government offers a CBI probe or exam cancellations.

This is now bigger than exam malpractice: it is a credibility crisis for recruitment, policing, and the state’s handling of youth anger. The combination of an ED case, mass protests, and resignations inside the commission makes this one of the most combustible governance stories in the window.

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This is now bigger than exam malpractice: it is a credibility crisis for recruitment, policing, and the state’s handling of youth anger. The combination of an ED case, mass protests, and resignations inside the commission makes this one of the most combustible governance stories in the window.

Curated summary

Jharkhand’s recruitment row has moved from protest to enforcement action. The Enforcement Directorate has filed a money-laundering case into alleged JPSC exam irregularities, while thousands of job aspirants continued their march to the state assembly on the 17th day of agitation. Police deployed more than 1,500 personnel, schools shut, and talks with the government stalled even as officials insisted 98 percent of demands had been accepted.

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Jharkhand exam protests escalate as ED opens money-laundering case

Students marched on the Assembly as the state’s recruitment crisis widened into a criminal probe and a law-and-order test.

Hindustan Times·55m ago
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