Jharkhand: Mobile internet services to be suspended for five hours today, tomorrow for recruitment test
Jharkhand recruitment test: A JSSC official said that the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission will conduct the examination in 823 centres, with around 6.39 lakh candidates expected to appear for the test.
Jharkhand recruitment test: The mobile internet services will be suspended across the state for over five hours today (September 21) and Sunday (September 22) in view of the Jharkhand General Graduate Level Combined Competitive Examination (JGGLCCE), an official statement said.
The services will be suspended from 8:00 am to 1:30 pm on Saturday, and the prohibition will be repeated on Sunday, in a bid to check any malpractice during the examination, it said.
Chief Minister Hemant Soren said he has spoken to senior officials regarding the preparations for the examination.
"Negligence will not be tolerated under any circumstances," he said on X.
"If anybody tries to do something wrong during the examination, even by mistake, we will deal with them strictly," Soren said.
Suspension of internet for exam arbitrary decree to hide Jharkhand govt failure: BJP
The opposition BJP in Jharkhand has termed the state government order to suspend mobile internet services for five hours on Saturday and Sunday in view of a competitive exam as another “decree" to hide its "failed" system.
The suspension of mobile internet services began at 8 am and will continue till 1.30 pm on Saturday, and the prohibition will be repeated on Sunday, in a bid to check any malpractice during the Jharkhand General Graduate Level Combined Competitive Examination (JGGLCCE), an official notification said.
"When the Jharkhand government could not create a foolproof system to prevent malpractice in the examination, they shut down internet for 3.5 crore people in the entire state," BJP spokesperson Pratul Shadeo said.
“It is another arbitrary decree to hide the failed system of the dispensation,” he said.
Union Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth also criticised the move to suspend mobile internet services, asserting that it will cause a lot of inconvenience for people.
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