India news: Cockroach party backs Jharkhand student leader Devendra Nath Mahto

Abhishek Dipke said his party stood firmly behind Mahto, who was hospitalized after police used tear gas, batons and water cannons to disperse protesters marching towards the state Assembly on Monday. DW has more.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party accused the group that spearheaded massive student protests in New Delhi last month of hypocrisy for failing to play a more active role in the agitation now sweeping a state in India’s hinterland.

JLKM leader Devendra Nath Mahto, who has been on a hunger strike for nine days over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations, was admitted to a hospital here as his health condition deteriorated.

JLKM leader Devendra Nath Mahto was hospitalised after his health deteriorated following a march by protesting students. Mahto has been on a hunger strike for nine days, alleging irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations.

Several agitators and four policemen were injured during a clash near the Jharkhand assembly on Monday, as police used water cannons, tear gas and lathi-charged job aspirants protesting against the alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations, officials said. Pankaj Kumar, an aide of Mahto who was with him in the