Police personnel deploy water cannons to disperse student protesters and job aspirants attempting to breach barricades during a ‘Vidhan Sabha Gherao’ protest march towards the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly over alleged paper leaks and irregularities in the JPSC and JSSC-CGL recruitment examinations, in Ranchi, on August 10.
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Normal life was affected in parts of Jharkhand on Tuesday (August 11, 2026) as BJP workers enforced a State-wide bandh in protest against police action on job aspirants during their march to the state assembly a day ago over alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations.
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Most schools and business establishments remained closed, while vehicular movement was very low in the state capital Ranchi and several other cities.
The shutdown, announced after the police used water cannons, tear gas and batons against protesters in Ranchi on Monday (August 10), was being observed from 8 a.m. to midnight, with essential services kept outside its purview, BJP state president Aditya Sahu said.
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The BJP described the police action as “atrocities” against students and accused the JMM-led government of using force instead of addressing their grievances.
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