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Ranchi PhD Scholar Continues Hunger Strike, Demands Recruitment Exam Reforms

Ranchi PhD Scholar Continues Hunger Strike, Demands Recruitment Exam Reforms
'Want Reforms Now': The Ranchi Student Activist Who Refuses to End Hunger Strike · thequint.com

There is a student named Brahmanand Kumar who is very upset.

He says the tests people take to get government jobs have serious problems.

He says he was hurt by those problems himself.

So he decided to stop eating food as a protest.

He is doing his protest in a city called Ranchi.

He is a very smart student working on his PhD.

Even though he is getting sick and weak, he will not start eating again.

He has promised to keep fasting until things change.

He even stayed outside in heavy rain and storms.

Friends tried to keep him dry with umbrellas, but he says he will keep going until the government makes things fair.

Key facts

Protestor
Brahmanand Kumar
Background
PhD scholar from Ramgarh district
Protest location
Ranchi, by the statue of Jaipal Singh Munda
Demand
Reforms now in public service recruitment examinations
Protest method
Indefinite hunger strike ('fast unto death')
Health status
Plummeting blood pressure and deteriorating health
Status
Ongoing; Kumar refuses to end the fast despite requests from friends and family

Quotes

Brahmanand Kumar

Student activist and PhD scholar in Ranchi

“"I have said it several times in my press briefings as well. I will continue my fast unto death,"”
thequint.com

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