Student leader Devendra Nath Mahto, who has been on a fast in Ranchi for the past nine days over alleged irregularities in public recruitment examinations in Jharkhand, on Monday said the Hemant Soren-led government wants anarchy, referring to the stringent preventive measures taken to stop thousands of protesting students marching towards the state Assembly.
The activist made the remarks as he joined the planned march, despite purportedly losing 10.5 kg of body weight. He was seen carrying a portrait of Hemant Soren’s late father and former chief minister, Shibu Soren. Mahto reached to join the Assembly-bound protesters in an ambulance.
“The government has invited chaos. I could not stop myself from coming here with others… What hurt my heart the most was not the hunger strike, but the barbed wire that have been put up to stop us,” he said.
Layers of barricades wrapped in barbed wires have been set up by the administration to prevent the protesters from reaching the Assembly building. According to officials, more than 1,500 personnel from the Rapid Action Force, Indian Reserve Battalion, district police and QRT have also been deployed.
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