AMID the ongoing protest by job aspirants over alleged irregularities in recruitment exams, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday announced the cancellation of the JSSC-CGL exam and all job tests conducted by outsourced agency TDPL since 2014. The decision was taken at a marathon meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Soren. “The Government has decided to cancel the Jharkhand Staff Selection CommissionCombined Graduate Level ( JSSC-CGL) exam, which was one of the major demands of the protesting students.We have also decided to cancel all tests conducted by outsourced agency TDPL (TS R Data Processing Pvt Ltd) and the results published by it,” Soren said after the Cabinet meeting. He also announced the formation of an examination reforms committee headed by senior IAS officer Amitabh Kaushal.

 

Job aspirants have been protesting against alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations and demanding a CBI probe and cancellation of the JSSC-CGL examination. The agitation entered its 24th day on Monday, with six protesters continuing their hunger strike. Meanwhile, candidates who cleared the JSSC-CGL and secured Government jobs protested outside the Jharkhand Secretariat, claiming that around 2,000 people could lose their jobs if the examination is scrapped. Candidates whose exams were cancelled by Government are free to take legal recourse, said Jharkhand Minister Sudivya Kumar. Devendra Mahto, who has been on hunger strike for 16 days over the alleged irregularities, said he would soon end his fast. CID RAIDS AT JSSC OFFICE OVER RECRUITMENT EXAM ‘ I R R E G U L A R I T I E S ’ : T H E Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Monday began conducting raids at the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission office here in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in recruitment exams, an officer said.