Former Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das on Wednesday threatened to sit on a hunger strike if the JMM-led dispensation failed to recommend a CBI probe into alleged recruitment examination irregularities in the state within a week.
Political Context
The BJP leader accused JMM-led government of playing with the fate of lakhs of students in the state. “If the government is clean and has no involvement, it should recommend CBI probe into the irregularities. The BJP has been attacking Hemant Soren’s government over the deaths, alleging they were victims of the administration’s mismanagement and negligence. “I caution administrative officers that power comes and goes but you should be worried about your careers. Your careers are tied to the Government of India and Ministry of Home Affairs and you draw your salaries from taxpayers’ money in Jharkhand .
“If the state government fails to recommend a CBI probe into recruitment examination irregularities within a week, I will be forced to sit on a hunger strike here,” Das, who was also the governor of Odisha, said while addressing agitating students at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium. Otherwise, people of Jharkhand will consider there is involvement of top politicians and bureaucrats in the irregularities,” he said. He alleged that the Ranchi district administration attempted to forcibly remove students from the Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium, where they have been demonstrating against “irregularities” in recruitment examinations. The agitation has the support of four crore people of the state, and the government should not be arrogant, as the people who bring it to power can also uproot it, he said.
