Talks fail over displaced persons' jobs at Bokaro Steel Plant; Jharkhand minister joins sit-in protest

Bokaro, Oct 17 (UNI) Talks between displaced persons' representatives, Jharkhand government officials and Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) management over employment demands failed on Saturday, prompting Finance Minister Radha Krishna Kishore and the state Congress president to join a sit-in protest. The meeting, attended by the Bokaro deputy commissioner, superintendent of police and BSL director-in-charge, lasted around two hours but ended without an agreement, following which the minister and the Congress leader sat on a dharna in support of the displaced persons. Kishore said around 32,000 acres of land had been provided for the steel plant and claimed that approximately 18,000…