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Jharkhand’s concessions may slow the agitation, but students are likely to keep marching until a CBI probe is formally announced.

This is now a test of whether the state can restore trust in recruitment. If the protests persist, the political cost will keep rising even after concessions.

The August 10 march to the Jharkhand assembly will keep pressure on the government to escalate beyond fast-track courts, with the CBI probe demand remaining the central flashpoint.

This is now a test of whether administrative concessions can defuse a legitimacy crisis. If the CBI demand holds, the issue will keep moving upward from campus anger to state-level political damage.

The August 10 Assembly march will keep the Jharkhand recruitment row alive unless the government offers a CBI probe or a stronger official concession.

This has moved beyond an exam dispute into a test of whether the state can restore trust in recruitment. The fact that students are rejecting a broad package in favor of a CBI probe shows how little confidence remains in the process.

The Bengal Health Department’s separate inquiry will quickly become a political flashpoint, and the CBI handoff will keep Mamata Banerjee and the state government under renewed pressure.

This is a major accountability story because it reopens one of the state’s most sensitive criminal cases and could widen pressure on senior political figures. It also signals that the state is not treating the matter as closed, despite the passage of time.