Activist Devendra Mahto Hospitalised After Joining Jharkhand Protest March

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 deteritoated after participating in a march by protesting students.Doctors described Mahto's condition as critical, due to a "drastic" drop in his blood sugar level."He is being treated in the emergency ward," Nancy Priya, Medical Officer at Ranchi Sadar Hospital, told PTI.Pankaj Kumar, an aide of Mahto who was with him in the hospital, claimed that he was injured during lathi-charge by the police near the assembly.Despite his frail health, Mahto joined the agitators during the march to assembly earlier in the day, arriving at the protest site in an ambulance carrying a portrait of former chief minister Shibu Soren.He later stood on a stretcher to address the gathering."A government cannot be run with batons, bullets and guns.