New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- Jharkhand student protesters intensified their agitation in Ranchi on Saturday, with leaders giving the Hemant Soren government until August 18 to address alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations or face a mass march towards the Chief Minister's residence on August 20.

The protest by JPSC-JSSC aspirants has now entered its 22nd day, with students demanding the cancellation of the JSSC-CGL and JPSC 11th-13th examinations and an independent investigation into alleged irregularities.

Student leader Ravindra Paswan said the movement would enter a more aggressive phase if the government failed to respond to the demands. Invoking revolutionary figure Bhagat Singh, he said protesters were no longer willing to re...