Archive · 10 Aug 2026
Jharkhand Protesting Students' Cake-Cutting Dig at CM Hemant Soren
Some students in Jharkhand were very upset.
They thought a big test for getting a government job was not fair.
They said there were some problems with how the test was done.
So they started protesting to ask leaders to fix it.
Around that time, the leader of the state, Mr. Hemant Soren, had a birthday.
The students did something cheeky to show they were unhappy.
They cut a birthday cake anyway and joked that he was hiding, so they would celebrate without him.
The government did agree to cancel some of the tests.
But the students are still not finished.
They want a special team called the CBI to investigate, so they marched to the state assembly building to be heard.
Protesting students in Jharkhand symbolically cut a cake to mark Chief Minister Hemant Soren's birthday while taking a dig at him.
The students are protesting alleged irregularities in the JPSC-JSSC recruitment exams.
On Sunday, the government accepted some student demands, including cancelling the JPSC and two more exams.
Students and aspirants continued their protest and marched toward the state legislative assembly.
Protesters are demanding a CBI probe and other demands from the government.
- Who
- Protesting students and job aspirants in Jharkhand, and Chief Minister Hemant Soren
- What
- Students symbolically cut a cake on Soren's birthday as a protest against alleged JPSC-JSSC recruitment exam irregularities
- When
- Monday; the government had accepted some demands on the preceding Sunday
- Where
- Jharkhand, India, including a march toward the state legislative assembly
- Why
- To pressure the government for a CBI probe and other demands over alleged recruitment exam irregularities
Protesting Students
State Government
Investigation into exam irregularities
Protesting Students
Students demand a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the JPSC-JSSC recruitment exams.
State Government
The government accepted some demands by cancelling the JPSC and two more exams, but has not agreed to a CBI probe.
Continuing the protest
Protesting Students
Students and aspirants say the protest continues and marched to the legislative assembly to press all their demands.
State Government
The government had already accepted some demands on Sunday, cancelling the JPSC and two more exams.
- Event
- Symbolic birthday cake protest at CM Hemant Soren
- Location
- Jharkhand, India
- Exams in question
- JPSC-JSSC recruitment exams
- Government action
- Accepted some demands, cancelling JPSC and two more exams (Sunday)
- Protesters' demand
- CBI probe and other demands
- Protest action
- March toward the state legislative assembly