CM Hemant Soren
Ranchi: Amid a massive protest by job aspirants over alleged irregularities in recruitment exams in the state, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said on Monday, August 17, that the state government would cancel the JSSC-CGL examination.
He said that in a special meeting, the state Cabinet decided that, since 2014, whatever mistakes have happened, big or small, will be investigated, and the CID would conduct the probe.
Adding that several companies active in Jharkhand appear to be involved in a huge exam racket, Soren said that all the exams conducted by the TDPL (TSR Data Processing Private Limited) will be cancelled.
TDPL is a Lucknow-based private recruitment agency at the centre of the scandal in the state.
In Ranchi, students were jubilant at the government’s decision to scrap the JSSC-CGL exams. However, maintaining a stoic stance, student leader and activist Devendra Nath Mahto, who spearheaded the agitation, said, “I have seen many instances where CBI or CID investigations were ordered and then cancelled.”
They had been protesting for 24 days, demanding government action. Cancellation of the JSSC-CGL exam was among their key demands, as they alleged a paper leak.
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