Archive · 8 Aug 2026
Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat Defends Opposition Response to Jharkhand Protests
Students in Jharkhand are upset about problems with government job tests called JPSC and JSSC.
They believe the exams were not fair, so they are protesting.
A leader named Sukhdeo Bhagat, who works for the Congress party, talked about the protests.
Earlier, there was a big fuss about another test called NEET, where question papers were leaked.
Some people asked why his party made a big deal about NEET but did not do the same for the Jharkhand exams.
Bhagat said the two things are different because NEET is run by the central government and JPSC is run by the state.
He also said there were no leaked papers in Jharkhand, only claims that some answer sheets were changed.
The students are doing a hunger strike and want an independent investigation.
The state government has met with the students, but the protests are still going on.
Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat said NEET and the Jharkhand Public Service Commission issues are different, defending the Opposition's response to the protests.
Bhagat noted NEET is conducted by the National Testing Agency, a central agency, while JPSC is a state body.
He said NEET saw multiple paper leaks, whereas in Jharkhand people allegedly made changes to OMR sheets with no reported paper leak.
JPSC-JSSC aspirants in Ranchi are protesting over alleged recruitment irregularities, demanding transparency, exam reforms, and an independent probe.
The agitation has included a hunger strike, and state government talks with student representatives have so far failed to end it.
- Who
- Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat, who represents Lohardaga, and JPSC-JSSC aspirants protesting in Jharkhand.
- What
- Bhagat defended the Opposition's response to the Jharkhand recruitment exam protests, arguing that NEET and JPSC are different issues.
- When
- During the ongoing student protests in Jharkhand; no specific date is given in the article.
- Where
- Jharkhand, with the student agitation centered in Ranchi.
- Why
- Because the Opposition was criticized for not responding to the Jharkhand agitation the way it did to the NEET controversy.
Congress (Opposition)
BJP
Response to Jharkhand protests
Congress (Opposition)
NEET and JPSC are different issues: NEET is a national exam run by the central National Testing Agency with multiple paper leaks, while JPSC is a state body. Rahul Gandhi has spoken for Jharkhand students and the matter is being investigated.
BJP
Opposition leaders reached the Prime Minister's residence and demanded Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation over NEET, but have not taken a similar approach over the ongoing Jharkhand student agitation.
- Congress MP
- Sukhdeo Bhagat (Lohardaga, Jharkhand)
- NEET conducted by
- National Testing Agency (central agency)
- JPSC
- State agency
- Reported irregularities in Jharkhand
- Alleged changes to OMR sheets; no paper leak reported
- Student demands
- Transparency, examination reforms, independent probe
- Protest location
- Ranchi, Jharkhand
- Agitation methods
- Hunger strike
- State government talks
- Held but failed to end the agitation