Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren alleged in the Assembly that a Lucknow-based vendor, TDPL, was involved in irregularities and leaks related to state recruitment examinations. Amid student protests over JPSC and JSSC-CGL issues, he announced cancellation of the 14th JPSC preliminary exams and certain backlog examinations. JMM also sought an investigation into TDPL’s role.

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren stated in the state assembly that a Lucknow-based private vendor named TDPL, working alongside individuals from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, orchestrated irregularities and leaks in state recruitment examinations.

While speaking in the assembly and referring to student protests over JPSC and JSSC-CGL examination issues, the CM alleged a political conspiracy, claiming that rival factions and external operators from UP and Bihar colluded with the Lucknow-based agency to damage the credibility of state tests.

Hemant also compared the opposition BJP to a "parasite," accusing them of trying to politically exploit the ongoing student protests over competitive exam irregularities. He also lashed out at the BJP for creating a "web of confusion" and misleading students for electoral mileage. He also aannounced the cancellation of the 14th Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) preliminary examinations and the backlog examinations originally slated or held across recent years.

Meanwhile, JMM general secretary Vinod Kumar Pandey in a statement