Jharkhand assembly Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahato on Monday questioned the absence of BJP legislators from the House, saying raising queries and then not attending the proceedings was "not considered good practice in the parliamentary system".
As the House assembled at 11 am on the third day of the Monsoon session, Mahato called out the names of BJP MLAs Nagendra Mahto, Chandreswar Prasad Singh and Raj Sinha to raise their queries during the Question Hour.
However, when there was no response from the legislators, the speaker remarked, "Raising questions in the House and then not attending the proceedings is not considered good practice in the parliamentary system.
Jharkhand CID on Monday arrested former JPSC chairperson L Khiangte in connection with alleged irregularities in the recruitment examinations.
Khiangte, who was appointed as Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) chairperson in February last year after he retired as the state's chief secretary, tendered his resignation on July 22.
"We have arrested former JPSC chairperson L Khiangte in connection with irregularities in recruitment examinations," Additional Director General (CID), Manoj Kaushik, told PTI.
Gaurav Goswami, SP Rural, Ranchi, said that a mild lathi charge was carried out after some protesters attempted to cross the final barricade, where Section 163 is already in force. "Minimum use of lathi was done," he said.
Goswami added, "We are speaking with the students continuously. They are peaceful right now; we are engaging with them continuously. The students have agreed with us to stop here itself for some time."
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Jharkhand Police on Monday resorted to a lathi charge to control the crowd during the 'Vidhan Sabha gherao' march against alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (JSSC-CGL) examinations.
Police had also used water cannons against the protesters in Ranchi.
Vikram Kumar, a student protester injured in a lathi charge, said, "Hemant Soren ji, you should not have done this. We were protesting peacefully. We did not even hurl any abuses. Suddenly, the police launched a lathi charge. This is not good."
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Protests by thousands of job aspirants in Jharkhand against alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) entered its 17th day on Monday.
The protesters marched towards the state Assembly in Ranchi, with a majority reaching near the Vidhan Sabha. Student leader Devendra Nath Mahto, who has been on a hunger strike for nine days and has lost 10.5 kg, joined the march in an ambulance while carrying a portrait of former chief minister Shibu Soren.
The march came a day after the state government agreed to cancel three examinations, including the preliminary examination of the 14th JPSC Combined Civil Services Examination. Three JPSC members also resigned on Sunday.
The protesters, however, are seeking wider reforms in the JPSC and JSSC, cancellation of additional examinations and an independent probe into the alleged irregularities.
Authorities imposed prohibitory orders and deployed more than 1,500 security personnel, including the Rapid Action Force, Indian Reserve Battalion, district police and Quick Reaction Teams, along the four-kilometre route.