Free meals keep Jharkhand students going as recruitment exam protest enters 20th day

Several social organisations authors and many others have not only come out in support of the agitating students but are also serving them free food since the protest began at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium here over the alleged irregularities in the public recruitment examinationsBhairav Singh an RSS swayamsevak worker said that his team has been serving food to the agitating students since July 29 when the protest beganHe said his group Team Bhairav provides free food to hundreds of students twice a day once in the afternoon and once at nightMohammad Junaid Malik who had distributed free food and drinking water to protesters at Delhis Jantar Mantar reached Jharkhand on August 7 and is serving meals to the students at the protest siteWe support these students by serving them food These are our children and they are fighting for their legitimate rights Most come from middleclass and lowermiddleclass families They are fighting not only for themselves but also for future generations Singh saidWhen I see these students fighting against a corrupt system that snatches away their rights it pains me However serving them food brings a deep sense of satisfaction knowing that we are helping these children to the best of our ability We provide food to over 1000 students daily and will continue as long as they remain here with their demands Singh saidHe added that around 40 to 50 members of his team come to serve these students The most admirable aspect is that even though their rights have been denied for decades they are not abusing anyoneThey are neither raising antigovernment nor antinational slogans they are simply standing firm on the demand that their concerns be addressed another member saidThere was a GenZ protest at Jantar Mantar and there is one here as well but there is a world of difference in how the two protests are being conducted he saidAnother team from the Hindu Jagrit Manch arrives daily at the protest site with food for studentsRishi Sahdev a member of the Manch told PTI they have been continuously providing food to the students for the past 12 daysIn these 12 days only August 10 was a day of disappointment when many students did not eat after the police lathicharge during a march to the Assembly On that day the students were deeply dejectedOur team has 10 to 12 members and we are very happy to serve these children They are fighting for genuine issues When we ourselves were students we too had little money These children are in the same phase of life so supporting them is our duty dharma Sahdev saidAnother team led by Ravi Singh Choudhary who authored Jaago Maa has also been distributing food among the students for the past two weeksA team member who was serving food said When this protest started at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium on July 29 these people began providing their service from that very day On Wednesday night we served puri bundiya and chane ki sabzi Whatever service they can provide they are doing so with the support of Ravi Singh ChoudharyThe students protest over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations entered its 20th day on Thursday with the agitators refusing to call off the stir until their demands were metThe JPSCJSSC Reforms Manch has been demonstrating at the Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium here demanding greater transparency in recruitment examinations cancellation of several tests and an independent probe by the CBI or a panel of retired judges from outside JharkhandThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever