RANCHI, Aug. 7 -- The Monsoon session of the Jharkhand Assembly began on Thursday with the BJP legislators attending the House wearing masks as a symbolic protest against alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC).

The masks worn by the saffron party MLAs, including Leader of the Opposition Babulal Marandi, carried a printed message demanding the government's reply on the alleged irregularities and a CBI inquiry into them. The irregularities are currently being probed by the Crime Investigation Department of the Jharkhand Police.

Earlier, before the session started, the BJP-led NDA legislators also staged a protest on ...