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These days, there is tremendous excitement among the youth of the entire state, from Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. The students who have taken to the streets against the repeated rigging, paper leaks and corruption in competitive examinations do not seem to be in the mood for any compromise. On one hand, while the state government and local administrative agencies are claiming to get the entire matter investigated by the CID, on the other hand, the agitating students are adamant on getting the investigation done by the Central Bureau of Investigation i.e. CBI, expressing complete disbelief on the CID investigation. The war over the future of important examinations like JPSC and JSSC gained further momentum when the links of this entire paper leak syndicate were seen connecting to Nepal and many other states of the country. The students clearly say that this network of irregularities running within the state is so deep and influential that local level investigating agencies can never reach the bottom of it. Let us understand in today’s detailed article why the students of Jharkhand are rejecting the CID investigation, what is the real reason behind the demand for a CBI investigation and what is the secret of the Nepal connection in this entire high-profile paper leak case.
Students’ anger arising from rigging in JPSC and JSSC examinations
In the last few years, incidents of leakage of question papers of competitive examinations, delay in results and allegations of corruption have become common in Jharkhand. Lakhs of youth who spend day and night preparing for government jobs by spending their hard-earned money and sitting in libraries, their dreams are dashed when they hear the news of papers being sold just before the exams. This is the reason that this time the patience of the students has broken and they have been forced to leave their study books and take to the streets. This protest of students from Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium in the capital Ranchi to the Legislative Assembly is a witness to the fact that the youth are no longer satisfied with empty assurances. The students allege that an organized mafia gang is active in the state which is taking huge sums of money to shape the future of ineligible candidates and is strangulating the hard work of deserving youth. Despite the government canceling the examinations and forming committees, the anger of the students is not being quelled, because they believe that unless the root is attacked, the system cannot be improved.
Why do students not trust the state’s CID investigation?
Whenever a case of a major administrative scam or paper leak comes to light, the government usually hands over its investigation to the CID or a Special Investigation Team (SIT). But these agitating students of Jharkhand have completely lost faith in CID. The argument behind this is that students and opposition parties argue that these agencies working within the state are directly under administrative and political control, due to which many times attempts are made to protect big and influential faces. Students also believe that the strings of this scam are not connected only at the local level, but its network extends to many other states and international borders. The CID has limited resources and powers to go deep into such inter-state and technically extremely complex syndicates. This is the reason why the students have been demanding since the very beginning that if the truth of this matter has to be brought out with complete transparency, then its investigation should be handed over only to the CBI so that milk can be turned into milk and water from water.
Nepal connection of paper leak syndicate and revelations of main accused
During this entire movement and investigation, the biggest and shocking revelation came when the investigating agencies reached the mastermind of this syndicate. When the role of the main accused in this scam came to light, it was revealed that this was not an ordinary copying or pamphlet leaking gang, but a high-tech corporate syndicate. The investigation has also revealed that the wires and money transaction routes of this gang were connected to Nepal and other parts of the country. When the accused ran away to escape from the agencies or the routes they chose to dispose of their black money, the angle of neighboring countries like Nepal also came to the fore. After this revelation, the security and intelligence agencies have also become alert as to how this black business was being operated across the border by making the temples of education a base for business. Unless this international and inter-state network is completely exposed, it seems impossible for the students to calm down.
Political activity and the big political picture of the future
This student movement of Jharkhand is no longer just an educational or employment issue, but has become the center of mainstream politics of the state. There is a constant tussle between the ruling party and the opposition over how much of the students’ demands were accepted and why the government is avoiding the CBI investigation. While on one hand the government is arguing that it has accepted most of the demands of the students and strict action is being taken against the culprits, on the other hand the opposition and student leaders are calling it mere fulfillment. Political analysts believe that in the coming times this issue will play a big role in deciding the direction of the state’s politics. The youth have now understood very well that unless they unite and show their strength, the people in the system will continue to ignore their voice. It remains to be seen what further concrete steps the government takes to calm this smoldering controversy and whether the doors to a CBI investigation are indeed opened or whether the impasse will prolong further.