Mahto said that another panel member, minister Dipika Pandey Singh, also urged him to end the hunger strike. Mahto said he would decide on it only after the delegates of the protesters returned from the meeting with the panel. Throughout the next day, it held four rounds of talks with different student groups, including the Congress’s student wing NSUI, Jharkhand Chhatra Morcha (JCM) and Adivasi Chhatra Sangh (ACS). However, since the meetings remained inconclusive, the government decided to hold a sixth round of talks with student representatives around 12 pm on Sunday. Despite the talks, the protesters have maintained that their agitation will continue until all their demands are fulfilled.