Ranchi: Protesters in Jharkhand against alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations issued a fresh warning on Sunday.
“Gandhi ji ke raaste chalke dekh liya, ab Bhagat Singh bante hain (We tried Gandhi’s path, now we’ll become Bhagat Singh),” JPSC-JSSC Reform Manch, the group leading protest, posted on X.
“We are changing the course of our movement. We have had enough of Gandhian methods and peaceful protests. They simply aren’t listening. We are now going to adopt the path of Bhagat Singh. We are prepared to face bullets, even if the government shoots us in the chest, for this cause. We will continue our agitation until our demands are met. We are issuing an ultimatum to the government: meet our demands by the 18th. If the demands are not fulfilled, lakhs of students and youths from Jharkhand will lay siege to the Chief Minister’s residence on the 20th,” JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch leader Ravindra Paswan said.
The student leader alleged that the ruling JMM-Congress alliance failed to take “concrete action” on their demands.
Urging Congress to withdraw support to the Hemant Soren government, Paswan announced they will gherao the chief minister’s residence on August 20.
“We will gherao the chief minister’s residence on August 20. We seek his resignation as both the JMM and the Congress are playing politics with us. We also demand that Rahul Gandhi withdraw support from the JMM-led coalition if the CM is not listening to him,” Paswan said.