Archive · 11 Aug 2026
Hemant Soren Blames Vendor, UP-Bihar Individuals for Jharkhand Exam Mess
Some big exams for government jobs in the Indian state of Jharkhand got messed up.
People found out that exam question papers may have leaked, and many students were upset and protested.
The leader of Jharkhand, Chief Minister Hemant Soren, said a private company from the city of Lucknow, called TDPL, worked together with some people from the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to cause the mess.
He said it was part of a bigger plot to make the state's exams look bad.
Because of this, he canceled some of the exams, including important ones run by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission.
He also said the main opposition party, the BJP, was acting like a 'parasite' and trying to use the angry students to win votes.
A leader from Soren's own party, Vinod Kumar Pandey, said the BJP helped bring in the exam company, which had already faced problems in Uttar Pradesh.
He asked for a thorough investigation to find out who was really behind everything.
For now, students will have to wait for new, fair exams while the investigation continues.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren told the state assembly that Lucknow-based private vendor TDPL, in collusion with individuals from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, orchestrated irregularities and leaks in state recruitment exams.
Soren announced the cancellation of the 14th Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) preliminary examinations and the backlog examinations scheduled or held in recent years.
He alleged a political conspiracy to damage the credibility of state tests and compared the opposition BJP to a 'parasite.'
JMM general secretary Vinod Kumar Pandey alleged the BJP helped facilitate the involvement of TDPL, an agency that had faced controversies in Uttar Pradesh, and demanded a thorough investigation.
Soren accused the BJP of creating a 'web of confusion' and misleading students for electoral mileage over the JPSC and JSSC-CGL exam issues.
- Who
- Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and JMM general secretary Vinod Kumar Pandey, whose statements accuse the BJP and Lucknow-based vendor TDPL.
- What
- Allegations that vendor TDPL colluded with individuals from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to orchestrate recruitment exam irregularities and leaks, leading to the cancellation of JPSC exams.
- When
- During a recent session of the Jharkhand state assembly; the exact date was not specified in the articles.
- Where
- Jharkhand state assembly in Ranchi, India.
- Why
- In response to student protests over JPSC and JSSC-CGL exam issues and to counter what the chief minister called an attempt to discredit the state's tests.
- Chief Minister
- Hemant Soren
- State
- Jharkhand, India
- Vendor implicated
- TDPL (TSR Data Processing Private Limited), Lucknow-based
- Alleged co-conspirators
- Individuals from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
- Exams affected
- 14th JPSC preliminary examinations and backlog examinations
- Exams at issue
- JPSC and JSSC-CGL
- Accused opposition party
- BJP
- JMM official quoted
- Vinod Kumar Pandey, general secretary