Archive · 21 Aug 2026
Jharkhand Recruitment Reform Yatra Set To Begin On August 24
Devendra Mahto announced a statewide campaign about improving government recruitment exams.
The campaign will begin on August 24.
It is planned to visit all 24 districts of Jharkhand.
Mahto says students are worried about problems in several examinations.
He says innocent students who earned jobs should not lose them.
He wants the government to separate deserving candidates from people accused of cheating or other wrongdoing.
The government had cancelled 22 exams, ordered investigations into 17 and postponed six others.
A court later stayed the government’s decision to cancel multiple exams.
Students also protested in Ranchi and clashed with police after trying to burn an effigy of Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
JLKM leader Devendra Mahto announced a Recruitment System Reform Yatra beginning August 24.
The campaign will travel through all 24 districts of Jharkhand.
Mahto said the movement seeks justice for deserving candidates, not job cancellations for innocent students.
He questioned the government’s handling of 45 examinations: 22 cancelled, 17 investigated and six postponed.
Protesters in Ranchi demanded recruitment reforms and action over alleged examination irregularities.
- Who
- Devendra Mahto, the Jharkhand Loktantrik Kranti Morcha, and student recruitment-reform protesters.
- What
- A Recruitment System Reform Yatra will be launched, alongside demands for changes to the examination process and action over alleged irregularities.
- When
- The yatra is scheduled to begin on August 24; protesters gathered on the reported Friday.
- Where
- The campaign will cover all 24 districts of Jharkhand, while the reported protest took place at Albert Ekka Chowk in Ranchi.
- Why
- Organizers seek justice for deserving candidates, recruitment-process reforms and action over alleged examination irregularities.
Reform campaigners
Government and court context
Handling of examination irregularities
Reform campaigners
Devendra Mahto and protesters allege irregularities in examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission. Mahto says the government should distinguish alleged wrongdoers from innocent, deserving candidates.
Government and court context
The government cancelled 22 examinations, ordered investigations into 17 and postponed six, according to Mahto’s account. The Jharkhand High Court stayed the cancellation decision, and the article does not provide a detailed government response to Mahto’s criticism.
- Organizer
- Jharkhand Loktantrik Kranti Morcha leader Devendra Mahto
- Campaign name
- Bharti Vyavastha Sudhar Yatra, also described as the Recruitment System Reform Yatra
- Start date
- August 24
- Coverage
- All 24 districts of Jharkhand
- Examination decisions
- 22 examinations cancelled, 17 sent for investigation and six postponed
- Court action
- The Jharkhand High Court stayed the government’s decision to cancel multiple examinations
- Ranchi protest
- JPSC-JSSC Reform Manch members protested at Albert Ekka Chowk and scuffled with police