Debate With Arnab: FIR Against 600 Students In Jharkhand, But CJP Or Congress Won’t Fight

Republic’s Debate With Arnab examines the FIR filed against nearly 600 protesters after the Jharkhand Assembly march in Ranchi. Police named around 100 people and booked 500 unidentified protesters amid the ongoing agitation over alleged irregularities in JPSC and JSSC recruitment examinations.

Students have demanded transparency, cancellation of disputed examinations and an independent probe into alleged recruitment-exam irregularities. The debate asks: from protests at Jantar Mantar to the crackdown in Ranchi, why the alleged political double standards? Congress has publicly expressed support for the students, while CJP previously said it would extend legal aid and seek withdrawal of FIRs—so the “won’t fight” framing should be presented as a debate question rather than a settled fact.