The issues against which leaders of Jharkhand movement agitated was:

NCERT (2025-26): “8.7 The Tribal Movements … Adivasi experiences of marginalisation and their sense of injustice were mobilised to create a shared Jharkhandi identity and inspire collective action that eventually led to the formation of a separate state. The issues against which the leaders of the movement in Jharkand agitated were:

• acquisition of land for large irrigation projects and firing ranges;

• survey and settlement operations, which were held up, camps closed down, etc.

• collection of loans, rent and cooperative dues, which were resisted;

• nationalisation of forest produce which they boycotted”